Duranta Erecta "Gold Mine" 2.5Liter

🌿 Duranta ‘Gold Mine’ – Golden Duranta

Botanical Name: Duranta erecta ‘Gold Mine’
Common Names: Gold Mine Duranta, Golden Duranta, Golden Dewdrop (compact form)

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📌 Product Description

Duranta erecta ‘Gold Mine’ is a vibrant, evergreen shrub prized for its brilliant golden-yellow foliage that adds year-round colour and brightness to the garden. This compact variety forms a neat, dense mound, making it ideal for low hedges, borders, mass planting, and containers.

Unlike taller Duranta varieties, ‘Gold Mine’ maintains a tidy, manageable size, making it perfect for smaller gardens or formal landscaping. In warm conditions, it may produce occasional small pale lavender flowers, although it is mainly grown for its striking foliage colour.

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📏 Size When Fully Grown

• Height: 60 cm – 1 m
• Spread: 60 cm – 1 m
• Growth Habit: Compact, rounded evergreen shrub
• Growth Rate: Moderate to fast

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🌱 Best Growing Conditions

• Light: Full sun (essential for brightest golden colour)
• Soil: Well-draining soil; adaptable to sandy and loamy soils
• Water:
  • Regular watering during establishment
  • Moderately drought-tolerant once established
• Feeding: Balanced fertiliser in spring and summer
• Maintenance:
  • Light trimming to maintain compact shape
  • Responds well to shaping and low hedging
  • Mulch to retain soil moisture

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🌦️ Planting & Growing Season (South Africa)

• Best Planting Time: Spring or early summer
• Seasonal Interest: Year-round golden foliage
• Growing Season: Spring and summer
• Climate Suitability: Coastal, subtropical, and warm temperate regions
• Frost Tolerance: Sensitive to heavy frost; protect in colder inland areas

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🌼 Additional Benefits

• Brilliant golden foliage for strong colour contrast
• Compact and easy to maintain
• Excellent for low hedges and borders
• Brightens mixed shrub beds
• Suitable for containers and formal designs

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🌿 Ideal Uses

✔ Low hedges and edging
✔ Mass planting for colour impact
✔ Mixed shrub borders
✔ Container and patio planting
✔ Coastal and frost-free gardens