CARISSA GRANDIFLORA 'GREEN CARPET

Spiny shrub with many branches and ovate, rich green leaves, up to 7cm long. Fragrant, waxy, white, jasmine like flowers, 5cm wide, are borne in terminal or axillary cymes, up to 10cm long, in late spring; they are followed by plum-like, ovoid ellipsoid, red to purple black fruit, 5cm long.

Evergreen

shrub, grown for their gray or silvery foliage. Need good drainage.

Often become straggly with age; to keep them compact, cut back previous

year's growth by one-third each year before the first flush of spring

growth. Plants are fire resistant.

SYNOPSIS

APOCYNACEAE

Mature Size / Spread / Form	1m / Spreading
Foliage Color	Dark green / White, cream, pink, red
Growth Rate	Slow
Sunlight tolerance	High
Wind tolerance	High
Salinity tolerance	Medium
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