This low growing variety forms a dense mat of attractive glossy emerald green foliage set on spiny stems and is accented with sweetly fragrant star shaped bright.
Carissa macrocarpa green carpet natal plum.
This shrub reaches 18 tall and spreads 4.
It is slow growing.
Carissa macrocarpa green carpet green carpet natal plum.
If you have smelled orange blossoms you know what natal plum flowers smell like.
Carissa varieties natal plum boxwood beauty and emerald blanket grow slowly can be kept small and have some of the most exquisitely beautiful deep green foliage of all south florida shrubs.
Grows 10 15 inches tall and can spread about 3 4 feet.
Does well near the ocean makes a very attractive dense.
During spring summer and fall white fragrant star.
Grandifolia blooms mainly in summer and sporadically all year long so that throughout most of the year you ll have both flowers and pretty little red fruit present on the shrub.
Prefers sun or partial shade regular water drought tolerant once established.
The star like flowers are about 2 inches in diameter and have thick waxy petals.
Carissa macrocarpa green carpet recommended temperature zone.
Fragrant white star shaped flowers red plum like fruit.
Therefore it is very useful in coastal areas.
Carissa macrocarpa green carpet low growing natal plum boething treeland farms grows over 1 200 varieties of trees shrubs perennials and specialty plants on ten california nurseries to serve the wholesale landscape and nursery industries throughout the western united states and beyond.
Because of its thick leathery leaves it does not suffer from salt and wind damage.
Carissa macrocarpa green carpet green carpet natal plum moderately fast growing spreading evergreen broadleaf shrub.
It can also be grown in containers.
Provides low maintenance forest green foliage with highly fragrant flowers and big fruit.
Usually planted as an informal hedge in narrow or raised planting areas.
Natal plum carissa macrocarpa or c.
Shrub is densely covered with leaves.
Natal plum is not related to the true plum prunus domestica but is so named because of the shape and color of the 1 to 2 inch fruits natal plum has ovate leaves that are dark green and leathery with a glossy sheen.
Natal plum bush info.
Carissa macrocarpa green carpet.
Tomlinson natal plum carissa macrocarpa tomlinson sku 2281.
Moderate growing evergreen shrub to 12 15 tall x 4 5 wide.
Natal plum carissa macrocarpa green carpet is a low spreading plant that makes an excellent ground cover.
A structural component of many landscapes in warm winter regions.
The natal plum is a spiny south african shrub used as a hedge or free standing it has interestingly formed branches and shiny deep green leaves offset by white and pink flowers.
Emerald blanket is the dwarf cultivar and its low spreading habit makes it an ideal ground cover shrub.
It grows quickly and tolerates a wide range of lighting conditions.
Foliage is evergreen dark green shiny leathery and thick.
