South Florida Sweet Almond Bush

The sweet almond bush is listed as a deciduous shrub but around north florida it s often an evergreen with its fine textured gray green foliage. When i first bought the sweet almond i wanted it to be a potted plant on my florida lanai. Sweet almond aloysia virgata is a popular garden plant especially in southern states.

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It didn t do so well and kept dying off then rebounding.

South florida sweet almond bush. No matter the time of day i go out to the yard and a waft of fragrance surrounds me. Its flowers have a lovely fragrance and attract butterflies with their nectar. Department of agriculture zone 7. The more room you can give it the better.

The sweet almond bush has the most amazing vanilla almond fragrance. In spring its showy white flower clusters appear. It produces spiked flower clusters with small white almond scented flowers. Aloysia virgata growth habit.

What is a sweet almond bush. With an extended bloom period from spring through fall this shrub is a good nectar source for butterflies. It helps if the trees are dormant during planting so they don t try to start producing fruit as soon as they are placed in the ground. One butterfly that is especially attracted to its flowers is the rare atala butterfly.

This sweetly fragrant vigorous drought tolerant upright growing tree shrub is from argentina. The almond tree which grows well in warm areas is suited to the florida climate in general. Plant this wonderful bush and watch the vistors come by and stay. Sweet almond can be a bush or tree.

The shrub is hardy to u s. In the lingo of plant taxonomy this pink flowered bush is called prunus glandulosa rosea plena the cultivar name breaks down as rosea meaning pink and plena meaning full or double. The sweet almond bush has a great fragrance of vanilla almond in the late afternoon and evening. An upright to rounded evergreen shrub growing to 12 feet tall and wide.

It is also relatively drought tolerant making it a good option for xeriscaping. The leaves are oval in shape with a sandpaper like surface and smooth. The main issue with starting new almond trees in florida is the cool temperatures that are best for planting. Butterflies and humming birds love this plant.

On jun 11 2019 tommyboy58 from lakeland fl wrote. It can be evergreen semi evergreen or deciduous depending on where you grow it. Ours has been in the ground about 2 years now. It has reached a height of about 12 feet with a width that i d estimate to be about 8 feet.

Dwarf flowering almond is a multi stemmed deciduous shrub. The sweet almond bush makes a great addition to any butterfly garden.