Golden Dew Drop 'Sapphire Showers' (Duranta erecta 'Sapphire Showers'): The Cascading Blue Vine

Golden dew drop 'Sapphire Showers' is a stunning cultivar with graceful, arching branches laden with cascading racemes of violet-blue flowers with white edges, followed by golden berries. It blooms heavily from spring to fall. Native to the Americas, Duranta erecta 'Sapphire Showers' can be a large shrub, small tree, or vine.

Growing and Training

Full sun for best bloom. Well-drained soil. Regular water and fertilizer. Can be trained as a weeping standard, espalier, or allowed to sprawl. In zones 9-11, evergreen; zone 8 with mulch; cooler zones, annual or container. The berries are ornamental but toxic.

Landscape Uses

Spectacular on slopes, over walls, or as a specimen. The blue flowers with white edges are unique. Attracts butterflies. 'Sweet Memories' (see ID 66362) is a pale lavender form.

Taxonomic Information