Plant Name

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Myrtus communis

Common Name

Common Myrtle

Soil

Chalk

Sun Aspect

Full Sun

Soil Moisture

Moist

Plant Type

Evergreen Shrub

Height x Spread in feet

10 x 10

Foliage

Glossy Dark Green

Flower Colour in Month(s). Fruit

White in August-October followed by purple-black berries

Comment

Upright Form becoming Arching Form with age. Pruning Group 9, Group 13 if wall-trained. Train against a South-facing wall on a wire-support system with a 3" gap behind it to stop fungal diseases.
This and other cultivars are available from Coblands Nurseries Ltd and Palmstead Nurseries Ltd.