Glory Bush is a large tender shrub with a loose vase-shaped habit and deeply ribbed green foliage. The large royal purple flowers bloom through summer until frost. Grows best with light shade and consistently moist well-drained acidic soils.
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 Type:  | 
 Shrub, Annual  | 
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 Height:  | 
 10' - 12'  | 
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 Spread:  | 
 8' - 10’  | 
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 Spacing:  | 
 8'  | 
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 USDA Hardiness Zone:  | 
 8 - 10  | 
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 Culture:  | 
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 Bloom Color:  | 
 Purple  | 
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 Season of Interest:  | 
MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance.  No serious pest or disease issues. 
LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders,  Wildlife Garden, Patios, Houseplants, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Crape Myrtle, Loropetalum, Camellia
IMAGES: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, Sietecueros (Tibouchina lepidota) - Flickr - Alejandro Bayer (1), CC BY-SA 2.0, (2) Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, Sietecueros (Tibouchina lepidota) - Flickr - Alejandro Bayer, CC BY-SA 2.0, (3) yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, Tibouchina lepidota (Melastomataceae) (29808445676), CC BY-SA 2.0, (4) Photo by Dick Culbert, Tibouchina lepidota, known as Siete Cueros
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.