Myrsine africana

Myrsine africanaBuy 1 for $12. 00 Buy 5 for $50. 00 Being fortunate enough to observe this plant on a trip to Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens in Cape Town, South Africa, we decided to investigate further. Olivier Filippi sings its praises in his drought tolerant gravel garden in the south of France. He reports it to be drought tolerant and beautiful in form. African Boxwood grows slowly to 2m x 75cm, has dark green oval shaped leaves and deep red new growth. We have

Native to Arizona

frost and salt tolerant

Requires hot temperatures in Summer for best fruiting

'Silas Dyson' falls into that category

Autumn foliage is spectacular giving this plant its name 'Pow Wow'

Evergreen perennial that looks more like a shrub

5m in height

oranges or reds that flower around the same time

'Grey Edge' has very low water needs and is adaptive to most soils that have good drainage

After growing both Melon and Tangerine in the Forever Summer series we have been very impressed with their form

The resulting contrast of the velvet and mauve purple flowers with burnt pink and plum calyx against the yellows and oranges of Autumn is a very pleasing sight

So good we prefer this plant to regular Tulbaghia violaceae which has been a mainstay in our plant stocks for over a decade