- Carissa - Wikipedia
Carissa is a genus of shrubs or small trees native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Australia and Asia Until recently about 100 species were listed, but most of them have been relegated to the status of synonyms or assigned to other genera, such as Acokanthera [2][3]
- Carissa - Natal Plum, Boxwood Beauty and Emerald Blanket
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 (Natal plum) facts and health benefits
Carissa macrocarpa also known as Natal plum big num-num, Amatungulu and grootnoem-noem is native to South Africa and is also planted in some parts of America It is a member of the Dogbane or Apocynaceae family
- Carissa macrocarpa (Natal Plum) | North Carolina Extension . . .
Five petaled solitary star-shaped white flowers with a jasmine-like scent bloom throughout the year Thick 1-2-inch-long leaves are smooth and glossy dark green The leaf tip is pointed and sharp
- Carissa macrocarpa ‘Boxwood Beauty’ - Boething Treeland Farms
Carissa macrocarpa ‘Boxwood Beauty’ has the tight compact form of a Buxus but with the added bonus of lovely little scented blossoms and attractive fruit Compact Natal Plum, as it’s also called, looks equally at home sheared into low formal hedges, or left to the natural low and mounding form it takes on
- Growing Carissa Shrubs: How To Grow A Carissa Natal Plum
Natal plum (Carissa macrocarpa or C grandifolia) blooms mainly in summer, and sporadically all year long so that throughout most of the year you'll have both flowers and pretty little red fruit present on the shrub
- FPS107 FP107: Carissa grandiflora Natal Plum, Common Carissa
Carissa is one of Florida's and California's very best seaside shrubs This moderately fast-growing, evergreen shrub has lustrous, leathery, rich green, oval leaves and spines along its branches
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