Duranta erecta George Forrest shrugs off the heat and

shrugs off the heat and humidity that defeat the true yews

holding their leaves through mild winters and shedding them only when hard cold arrives

The fragrant orange spikes are magnets for butterflies and hummingbirds

peaty pinelands and bogs

doing the real business of pollination while ants and small flies stay stuck at the door

Duranta erecta George Forrest shrugs off the heat andGolden dewdrop, Duranta erecta, is a member of the verbena family grown across the warm world for two ornaments the shrub carries at once: loose, drooping sprays of soft lilac blue flowers, each with a darker eye, and long chains of round, glossy amber berries that hang like strings of wet gold. The common name catches that second gift exactly, while older names, pigeon berry and skyflower, catch the first. Native from Mexico and the Caribbean through