Images:

Flower. Image size: 16 KB.
Buds - From 1 side. Image size: 8 KB.
Same buds - From the other side. Image size:11 KB.
Leaf. Image size:20 KB.
Trunks. Image size:52 KB.
Trunk at ground level. Image size:49 KB.

Notes:

• Tibouchina urvilleana - Glory bush et al.
• The flowers are not aromatic.
• Pruning: Cut well back in mid-winter after the flowers fade and tip prune as new growth appears.
• It's flowering now (2011-12-21) in the Melbourne (Victoria, Australia) Summer.
• Wikipedia entry.

Credits:

• Author and photographer: Ron Savage.
• Text and images are Copyleft.

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