Tropicals & Tender Perennials: I am so unhappy!, 1 by Kell

Kell wrote:
Oh Hap, do not be a tease. What is the name? LOL

There are about 300 specias of Tibouchina and I want to see them all. LOL

I wonder if yours is one of these Tibouchina heteromalla or Tibouchina grandiflora. Both are available here but I have never seen either as a tree like the urvilleana gets to be. I wonder if they are more cold sensitive and die back regularly. And though I do love the leaves on heteromalla a lot more than the urvillea, the flowers are not as plentiful and as big.

I am now on the trail of a white flowered one with purple stamens. LOL. Too much for my aging heart.