Watch for the spines if you.
Carissa macrocarpa tuttle vs green carpet.
The small fruit are edible and taste something like a cranberry but sweeter.
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.
Fragrant white star shaped flowers and red plum like fruit.
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.
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.
Carissa macrocarpa tuttle aka nana compacta tuttlei tuttle natal plum fast growing upright evergreen broadleaf shrub.
Fire resistant for defensible space.
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.
Macrocarpa deals well with salt laden winds making it a good choice for coastal areas.
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.
Grows 10 15 inches tall and can spread about 3 4 feet.
The branches are armed with formidable stout double pronged thorns to 2 in 5 cm long.
Boxwood beauty is another thornless variety it has a mounded growth habit and is often used as a foundation planting or ground cover.
Fragrant white star shaped flowers red plum like fruit.
The handsome evergreen opposite leaves are broad ovate 1 to 2 in 2 5 5 cm long dark green glossy leathery.
As the name might imply carissa macrocarpa green carpet is a low growing variety suitable for low hedges or dense groundcover.
Prefers sun or partial shade regular water drought tolerant once established.
Carissa macrocarpa is a shrub native to southern africa.
Does well near the ocean makes a very attractive dense.
Carissa macrocarpa green carpet green carpet natal plum moderately fast growing spreading evergreen broadleaf shrub.
Does well near the ocean.
Grows 2 3 feet tall and spreads about 3 5 feet.
Glossy green foliage is graced with sweet smelling little white flowers and bright red fruits.
Nana is a thornless dwarf cultivar that grows to only 12 to 18 inches tall and wide and has white flowers.
Emerald blanket is the dwarf cultivar and its low spreading habit makes it an ideal ground cover shrub.
