This is growing in our garden in Melbourne, Australia and was here when we moved in.
It has these lovely purple flowers in summer and is around 2.5m tall.
It seems to be thriving but it would be nice to know how to care for it.
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Sign up to join this communityThis is growing in our garden in Melbourne, Australia and was here when we moved in.
It has these lovely purple flowers in summer and is around 2.5m tall.
It seems to be thriving but it would be nice to know how to care for it.
It is a Tibouchina, a member of the family Melastomataceae. An attractive, hardy shrub native to South America, but commonly grown in Australia where they do well in most regions. There are numerous species and countless cultivars, so I cannot tell exactly which one you have, but here is a fact sheet on their general care and cultivation.