Can you hedge Tibouchina?

Growing to a compact 45cm high and wide and smothered in blooms for many months, this plant can be grown in a shrub border, as a low hedge or feature plant in a large container.

Is Tibouchina fast growing?

This fast growing shrub grows to 2m H. Tibouchina ‘Peace baby’ – White flowers with pink and purple stamens in its centre.

How tall does Tibouchina grow?

This tree can grow to 15 feet but it’s best kept around 8 to 10 feet tall. It grows in a sprawling fashion, so buy one already trained to a single trunk. Tibouchina trees should be planted in areas protected from strong winter winds – close to the house and/or sheltered by cold-hardy hedges or trees.

Can Tibouchina take full sun?

Tibouchina prefers bright, filtered sunlight. In general, direct summer sunlight is just a bit too strong, but it will not flower correctly without at least six to eight hours of bright light a day.

What kind of flowers does a Tibouchina have?

Both the gorgeous tibouchina urvilleana and the velvety-leaved grandifolia are landscape show-stoppers for their luscious purple flowers. Though the bloom color is similar, these two mid-size varieties have distinctly different looks. Urvilleana’s large blooms are made up of five wide open petals, on slightly downy, elliptical leaves.

How tall does a Tibouchina heteromalla shrub get?

tibouchina heteromalla(Tibouchina grandifolia) Shrub. To 46 feet tall, 68 feet wide, with very large (to 9 inches-long), fuzzy, silvery green leaves. Inch-wide violet flowers are held above the foliage in upright, 8- to 16 inches-tall spikes.

How is best way to care for Tibouchina plant?

Mulch all the plants with an organic, rich mulch to give them nutrients and help keep the soil moist. Tibouchina grows well in full sun, but glory bush and princess flower appreciate partial afternoon shade if they grow in an area with hot summers. Purple glory tree needs five hours or more of direct sun daily.

How big does a Tibouchina Snowbird plant need to be?

Plant about 2 to 2-1/2 feet apart. Come out from the house 2 feet. Tibouchinas will grow in containers with the right amount of light and water. GOOD SNOWBIRD PLANT?