Duranta erecta, commonly called golden dewdrop, pigeon berry or sky flower, is native to the American tropics from Mexico to Brazil and in the West Indies. It is a spreading, sometimes weeping, evergreen shrub or small tree that grows to 15-18’ tall in its native habitat. Features drooping axillary and terminal racemes of light blue to violet flowers which bloom summer to fall. Flowers give way in fall to drooping clusters of yellow-orange drupes (golden dewberries as it were). It has oval rounded light green leaves (to 2” long). Winter hardy to USDA Zones 10-11 where plants are grown in moist, fertile, well-drained soils in full sun. Tolerates light shade, but best flowering is in full sun. Tolerates wide range of soils. Grow as an annual shrub, in containers or as a houseplant in temperate regions. It is used as a hedge, border plant, lawn specimen or train as small tree in warm climates.