RE: What is this flower?

I thought of that, but none of the pictures I can find really shows leaves
like this plant. And I don't see the bright yellow stamens (?) either. I
don't think Tibouchina would overwinter in this zone either, but then I
don't know when they were planted. Still, it's the closest I could come when
looking through my books. 
I might take some cuttings just for fun. 

Cyndi 

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From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Barbara Tandy
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 9:07 AM
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Subject: Re: [CHAT] What is this flower?

Tibouchina sp. ("Princess flower")???
--Barb, Grass Valley
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSR" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 8:28 AM
Subject: [CHAT] What is this flower?


> Does anyone recognize this? This shrub is growing at a house we bought and
> are fixing up to rent. Seems familiar but I can't find any pictures of it 
> in
> any of my books. It's about 4 - 5 feet tall, with long branches growing
> pretty much straight up, and not bushy at all; there are three of them 
> right
> against the house in a narrow space about 8 feet long and only a foot 
> wide.
> They don't branch out a lot. The leaves are fuzzy and soft. The white
> blotches on the flowers in the picture are damage, not normal color.  I'm
> wondering if this is something the previous owners stuck in during spring,
> and it will die over winter, or if it's perennial.
>
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gardencatalogs/album?.dir=/2023&.src=ph&.tok=p
> hsNP1DBLagASqtF
>
> Cyndi
>
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