Duranta serratifolia Fragrant Long before the nursery trade

Long before the nursery trade

slender members of the perennial hibiscus tribe

The deeply lobed leaves are rough to the touch and the stems carry fine prickles

Whorls of narrow leaves clothe a tidy

in sun for the tightest growth or in shade where few evergreens hold up so well

Duranta serratifolia Fragrant Long before the nursery tradeDuranta serratifolia, the tala blanco of northern Argentina, is a South American cousin of the familiar golden dewdrop and belongs, like all Duranta, to the verbena family. The species epithet serratifolia means saw toothed leaf, for the finely serrated margins that separate this plant from the smoother leaved dewdrops. In the wild the shrub grows through the dry forests and thorn scrub of the Argentine northwest, where the common name, roughly white