Duranta erecta George Forrest catching light down at the

catching light down at the woodland floor where you do not expect to find it

and cling to the branches through much of winter

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

The fragrant orange spikes are magnets for butterflies and hummingbirds

and native azaleas make fitting company

Duranta erecta George Forrest catching light down at theGolden 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