Botanical Name: Carissa macrocarpa 'Boxwood Beauty'
Common Name: Dwarf Natal plum
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape dense, compact plant w/closely set leaves, stiff branches and no thorns
Height 2'
Spread 2'
Growth Rate slow
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors half-shade to full sun
Soil prefers a well-drained, moist soil
Hardiness tender (zones 22-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves ovate, opposite to 1" long, 3/4" wide, very closely set on branches – no spines
Flowers small, 1/2" white, star-shaped flowers year round
Fruit red drupe 3/4" long, olive-shaped
 
Propagation:
semi-hardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
good as a low, clipped hedge or formal plantings, can be used as a shrubby groundcover or facer
 
Landscape Care:
Watering likes regular watering in a well-drained soil
Fertilizing balanced in spring or summer
Pruning can be sheared or shaped as desired
Pests/Diseases scale, aphids, mealybug, spider mites
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: (probably hybrid)Africa
Family: Apocynaceae

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