General Landscape Uses: Ground cover, coastal landscapes, barrier planting

Ecological Restoration Notes: Not typically suitable outside of its native range.

Description: The ‘Emerald Blanket’ Carissa Boxwood is a dwarf variety of the Natal Plum family.  It is drought tolerant and very salt tolerant.  It has a sprawling habit so it is great for use as a ground cover or as a low hedge.  It is slow growing and also produces fragrant white flowers in the Spring.

Dimensions: Height 2 ft.

Growth Rate: Slow

Native Range: South Africa

Native Habitats: Coastal dunes, sandy scrublands, open forests and forest margins, thicket and bushveld ecosystems

Soils: Well-drained, sandy or loamy

Nutritional Requirements: Low to moderate

Salt Water Tolerance: High

Salt Wind Tolerance: High

Drought Tolerance: High to Moderate

Light Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Sun

Flower Color: White

Flower Characteristics: Fragrant

Flowering Season: Spring

Fruit: Oval, red, edible

Wildlife and Ecology: Fruit producer, habitat, attracts pollinators

Horticultural Notes: Grown from cuttings

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