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A mature Purple Hopseed Bush (Dodonaea viscosa 'Purpurea') growing in a residential garden bedShrubs

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Purple Hopseed Bush

Dodonaea viscosa ‘Purpurea’

Purple Hopseed Bush is a shrub, hardy in USDA zones 9-11, that matures to about 12–15 ft tall x 8–12 ft wide. It does best in full sun with low water needs. It attracts birds, stands up well to deer, drought and heat and grows happily in containers.

USDA zones
9-11
Sun
Full sun
Water
Low
Mature size
12–15 ft tall x 8–12 ft wide
Attracts
Birds
Tough against
Deer, Drought, Heat
Native to
cultivar of a species native to Arizona, California, Florida and Hawaii

Freeze survival

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