types of brunfelsia
Are you curious about the dazzling variety of brunfelsia plants for your New Zealand garden? With their unique flowers that change colour over several days, brunfelsias are favourites among gardeners seeking year-round beauty and a delightful fragrance. This guide will walk you through the main types of brunfelsia, from compact shrubs perfect for pots to showy garden centrepieces, helping you choose the best variety for your outdoor space.
Brunfelsia pauciflora Scent sational (Yesterday Today Tomorrow Plant)
Brunfelsia Scent-Sational, commonly known as the Yesterday Today Tomorrow plant features masses of sweetly fragrant, pansy like flowers during spring and summer which literally coat the plant. Most interestingly though, the flowers open blue-violet, fade to lavender, then finally turn white. It grows as a rounded cushion of leathery, green leaves to about 1.2 m tall and 2 m wide. Brunfelsia Scent-Sational is commonly grown as an informal hedge, added to a mixed planting, planted around outdoor living areas, used in cottage gardens, or mass planted alongside a path or on a bank.
Brunfelsia Blue Moon (Yesterday Today and Tomorrow Flower)
Brunfelsia Blue Moon, commonly known as the Yesterday Today and Tomorrow Flower, features masses of sweetly fragrant, pansy like flowers are produced through spring and summer which literally transforms the plant. Most interestingly though, the flowers open blue-violet then fade to lavender before finally turning white. It grows as a rounded cushion of leathery, green leaves to about 1.2 m tall and 2 m wide. Brunfelsia Blue Moon is commonly grown as an informal hedge, added to a mixed planting, planted around outdoor living areas, used in cottage gardens, or mass planted alongside a path or on a bank.
