Natal plum

Growing Natal Plum: Carissa macrocarpa in hot, dry climates.

The ‘Boxwood Beauty’ Natal Plum has luscious, deep-green large leaves set off with bright-white star shaped fragrant flowers. During and following blossoming, edible ruby-red-colored fruits appear. Unlike its other Carissa counterparts, ‘Boxwood Beauty’ is notably compact and nearly thorn less, making it a great choice for borders and near walkways. Its unique texture fits in well and adds interest in the formal or informal landscape, and even performs nicely in containers and beds. It grows…

Propagate your Natal Plum 🌿 effortlessly with this guide, and watch your garden flourish with exotic allure!

Learn about the native South African plant, the Natal Plum, which is not only a great landscape plant, it has several health benefits as well...

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For a sweet, ornamental southern shrub, try growing natal plum. These tough, adaptable plants are as pretty as they are tasty.

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. Carissa macrocarpa […]

Lining the walk ways of UCSD there are spiny bushes dotted with white star shaped flowers, these shrubs are called Carissa macrocarpe or Natal plums. The white flowers are sweet smelling and produce red meaty fruit that has white milky juice. These plants originally come from South Africa where the fruit is highly valued and consumed on a regular basis. The flavor of the fruit is reminiscent of cranberries though some varieties are sweet and taste like raspberries. The Fruit of the Natal…

Natal plum: Carissa macrocarpa (fruit)

Boxwood Beauty Natal Plum Shrub - love this shrub! It looks like a shrub full of green roses! From Mesa AZ