If you have ever worked as a gardener in a retirement village, you very quickly pick up on the old school names for some plant species. So I know this bush as a Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, where as everyone else I work with calls it a Brunfelsia. The old fashioned name comes from that fact that the flower changes colour as it ages ie; yesterday it was purple, today its mauve, tomorrow it will be white. It doesnt work exactly on that timeline, most of those flowers are more then 3 days old and it takes a few days for them to fade to a noticeably lighter shade. They grow best in full sun, as you can see in the picture the part of the bush that is covered in the most flowers is the part that cops the most sunlight. They are very hardy however and will grow in part sun and dappled shade. I would like to note that Brusfelsia's have a bad habit of looking very bare and uglyish during the winter. Most of their leaves fall off and they just look sick. Its all worth it in the spring though, when they turn into a massive display of purple prettyness!
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