I had never learned the name of this flowering tree that I planted 18 years ago, and I thank Grace at broadwaymatron.com for telling me its name. I don’t know why it photographs as blue as it is actually a dark purple. Perhaps too much sun. I like this blue color even more than its actual color, so I’ll support the illusion. Although the description calls it a bush, it says it can grow to 20 feet high. I think mine is about ten feet high–maybe higher.
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For Cee’s FOTD
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
I’m sure it’s not one we have here, so I can’t help with identification
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I love a challenge – according to Google image search it is a Duranta erecta (which sounds a bit risque…)
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Ha.. it is. I will id it at once..and try to remember that name..Thanks so much, Grace. xooxxo
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“I like this blue color even more than its actual color, so I’ll support the illusion.” … LOL. Good choice. 🙂
I hate it when it goes the other way though — when you’re trying so hard to capture something, but your camera just won’t/can’t hold/present what your eyes can.
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Me, too. There are two or three types of flowers I’ve never been able to capture–thunbergia and morning glories and shrimp plants among them.
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One of my favorite flowers!
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They are beautiful and I tend to overlook them because I usually use the garage as the entrance to my house.. But then these little guys surprise me every time I go to answer the front gate door.
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