Durantha ' Sheena's Gold' 10L

Duranta ‘Sheena’s Gold’ is extremely versatile and strikingly conspicuous in the garden. This rewarding shrub is planted throughout the warmer regions of South Africa in a wide and diverse range of garden applications, including hedging and topiaries.

Initially thought to be a low-growing shrub, it soon became apparent that, in suitable conditions and left unpruned, the plants can become sizeable, up to 4m tall. However, they can be kept quite successfully as low hedges in formal gardens, pot specimens, trained as standards or as feature shrubs and filler plants in large landscapes.

In all applications, the plant requires regular trimming to keep it in good shape as it has a slightly brittle and vulnerable stem. When using Duranta ‘Sheena’s Gold’ as a standard (or topiary), strong support-stakes are necessary to compensate for this apparent weakness, especially when the head matures and becomes almost top-heavy. The suggested stem heights for Duranta ‘Sheena’s Gold’ standards are 50 cm to 100 cm.

Location : Use ‘Sheena’s Gold’ in full sun positions where the rich golden foliage shines and sparkles to optimum effect. It withstands light frosts only, so is best grown in warm, frost free gardens. It copes with seaside conditions and is suitable both for containers and out in the garden. In colder climates the foliage turns purple to black in winter, quite a natural phenomenon and nothing to panic about.