Carrissa Green Carpet

Glossy green foliage is graced with sweet smelling little white flowers and bright red fruits.

Carrissa green carpet.

Fragrant white star shaped flowers red plum like fruit. Prefers sun or partial shade regular water drought tolerant once established. Carissa macrocarpa green carpet natal plum carissa family. The specific name macrocarpa is derived from greek macro large and carpus fruit.

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. Carissa macrocarpa green carpet is a dwarf cultivar of carissa macrocarpa and belongs to the apocynaceae family. Grows 10 15 inches tall and can spread about 3 4 feet.

Strong flower display and a great accent plant with its swollen stems and contorted shapes. The name carissa is derived from the sanskrit corissa the name of one of the indian species. The small fruit are edible and taste something like a cranberry but sweeter. Watch for the spines if you.

Does well as an accent shrub hedge container plant in focal points entrance areas roof gardens and rock gardens. 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. The common name amatungulu is the zulu name amatungula meaning fruit of the umthungula palmer pitman 1972. Accurately referred to as green carpet it is easy to grow and very tolerant of desert soils.

The dark green leaves of the carissa macrocarpa make this an excellent ground cover for green yards and a beautiful contrast in desert landscapes. 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. Carissa macrocarpa green carpet green carpet natal plum. 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.

As the name might imply carissa macrocarpa green carpet is a low growing variety suitable for low hedges or dense groundcover. Does well near the ocean makes a very attractive dense. Moderate growing evergreen shrub to 12 15 tall x 4 5 wide.