Buy Natal Plum (Carissa grandiflora) Plant - Add Beauty to Your Garden Today!
- Common name:
- Natal Plum
- Regional name:
- Marathi - Vilayati Karvand
- Category:
- Shrubs
- Family:
- Apocynaceae or Plumeria or Oleander family
- Light:
- Sun growing, Semi shade
- Water:
- Normal, Can tolerate less
- Primarily grown for:
- Foliage
- Flowering season:
- Year-around flowering, Flowers in flushes throughout the year
- Flower or Inflorescence color:
- White
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- 1 to 2 meters
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 1 to 2 meters
- Plant Form:
- Irregular, Spreading
- Estimated Life Span:
- Very long lived
- Special Character:
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- Fragrant flowers or leaves
- Good for making bonsai
- Good for Cut foliage
- Good for Hedges and Borders
- Good for Edges ie very small hedge or border
- Attracts birds
- Attracts butterflies
- Attracts bees
- Animals will not eat
- Thorny or Spiny
- Suitable for road median planting
- Hanging or weeping growth habit
- Good on seaside
- Generally available in India in quantities of:
- Over hundreds
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Plant Description:
- - Large woody shrub that can get very tall up to 6 m.
- It is armed with massive forked spines.
- Lustrous green, ovate leaves and large 5 cm white, fragrant flowers.
- Fruit 5 cm long and edible- but not very tasty. Can be made into preserves and candied.
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Growing tips:
- - Excellent plant for making live fences.
- Definately deserves greater attention.
- The glossy leaves are overlapping.
- Will grow in any well drained soil.
- Grows best in full sunlight.