Carissa Green Carpet Plant

Carissa macrocarpa green carpet is a hardy evergreen drought resistant dense spiny dwarf spreading shrublet with leathery dark green glossy leaves.

Carissa green carpet plant.

Carissa macrocarpa green carpet is a dwarf cultivar of carissa macrocarpa and belongs to the apocynaceae family. Well suited for use as edging groundcover or in containers. Accurately referred to as green carpet it is easy to grow and very tolerant of desert soils. Moderate growing evergreen shrub to 12 15 tall x 4 5 wide.

Home product carissa macrocarpa green carpet carissa macrocarpa green carpet natal plum carissa family. As the name might imply carissa macrocarpa green carpet is a low growing variety suitable for low hedges or dense groundcover. Emerald blanket is the dwarf cultivar and its low spreading habit makes it an ideal ground cover shrub. Tolerates high foot traffic.

It has beautiful quite large scented white flowers and large edible red fruits on and off throughout the year. 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 white flowers appearing predominantly in spring with sporadic bloom throughout the year in milder climates. 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. It attracts butterflies and fruit eating birds to the garden.

Grows 10 15 inches tall and can spread about 3 4 feet. Carissa macrocarpa green carpet green carpet natal plum moderately fast growing spreading evergreen broadleaf shrub. Prefers sun or partial shade regular water drought tolerant once established. The small fruit are edible and taste something like a cranberry but sweeter.

Strong flower display and a great accent plant with its swollen stems and contorted shapes. Deep green foliage creates a dense evergreen carpet becoming bronze in winter. Glossy green foliage is graced with sweet smelling little white flowers and bright red fruits.