Botanical Name: Carissa macrocarpa 'Tuttle'
Common Name: Tuttle Natal plum
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape low, densely branched, spreading habit – forms a mounded canopy small thorns along branches
Height 2-4'
Spread equal +
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors prefers full sun, tolerates partial
Soil prefers well draining loam, tolerates most
Hardiness some frost (zones 12, 13, 16-24); best near coast
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, opposite, oval/nearly round, 3/4 to 1-1/2" long, dark green, leathery
Flowers white, star shaped, solitary, terminal/axillary, 1" wide
Fruit edible - plum red, oval, 1/2-3/4" long berry
 
Propagation:
semihardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
facer/low filler - dark green foliage, white flowers, large scale ground cover – borders, hedges
 
Landscape Care:
Watering regular – tolerates occasional
Fertilizing balanced – twice annually
Pruning little needed; can be sheared if desired
Pests/Diseases scale, spider mite
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: cultivar - South Africa
Family: Apocynaceae

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