Fragrant white star shaped flowers red plum like fruit.
Carissa macrocarpa tuttle vs green carpet.
Prefers sun or partial shade regular water drought tolerant once established.
Emerald blanket is the dwarf cultivar and its low spreading habit makes it an ideal ground cover shrub.
Carissa macrocarpa green carpet green carpet natal plum moderately fast growing spreading evergreen broadleaf shrub.
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.
Fire resistant for defensible space.
Grows 2 3 feet tall and spreads about 3 5 feet.
Boxwood beauty is another thornless variety it has a mounded growth habit and is often used as a foundation planting or ground cover.
Does well near the ocean makes a very attractive dense.
The branches are armed with formidable stout double pronged thorns to 2 in 5 cm long.
The small fruit are edible and taste something like a cranberry but sweeter.
It is commonly known as the natal plum and in south africa the large num num in zulu as well as in the bantu tribes of uganda it is called amathungulu or umthungulu obomvu in afrikaans the fruit is called noem noem.
Likes sun or part shade drought tolerant once established.
Varieties of natal plum emerald blanket is a dwarf cultivar it is a low spreading plant that is often used as a ground cover shrub.
Grows 10 15 inches tall and can spread about 3 4 feet.
Nana is a thornless dwarf cultivar that grows to only 12 to 18 inches tall and wide and has white flowers.
Watch for the spines if you.
A vigorous spreading woody shrub with abundant white gummy sap the carissa may reach a height of 15 to 18 ft 4 5 5 5 m and an equal breadth.
Glossy green foliage is graced with sweet smelling little white flowers and bright red fruits.
Moderate growing evergreen shrub to 12 15 tall x 4 5 wide.
The handsome evergreen opposite leaves are broad ovate 1 to 2 in 2 5 5 cm long dark green glossy leathery.
Carissa macrocarpa is a shrub native to southern africa.
Macrocarpa deals well with salt laden winds making it a good choice for coastal areas.
Does well near the ocean.
Fragrant white star shaped flowers and red plum like fruit.
Carissa macrocarpa green carpet green carpet natal plum.
