Common Myrtle (Myrtus communis)

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  Erscheinungsbild

  The Common Myrtle is a bushy shrub with aromatically fragrant white flowers.

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  Blätter

  Evergreen, lanceolate leaves. Length: 1 to 5 cm. Colour: dark green.

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  Blatt Oberseite

  Evergreen, lanceolate leaves. Length: 1 to 5 cm. Colour: dark green.

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  Blatt Unterseite

  Evergreen, lanceolate leaves. Length: 1 to 5 cm. Colour: dark green.

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  Blüten

  Flowering period: V to VIII. Aromatically fragrant white flowers, approx. 2 cm in diameter.

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  Früchte

  Roundish or ovate berries, approx. 1 cm long, dark blue or black in colour. Sweet and pleasant-tasting. With calyx.

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  Rinde

Anwendung

Open country, open fields, public areas, parks, kitchen gardens, front gardens, container plants

Heimatgebiete

Mediterranean regions, Turkey, Canary Islands

Standortparameter

Light: full sun to slightly sunny; soil: slightly dry to moist; soil structure: loose to airy; soil depth: medium to very deep; humus concentration: medium to high, pH value: moderately acid to slightly alkaline; nutrient concentration: normal to high; soil: slightly dry to moist.

Ansprüche

Urban climate: resistant; does not tolerate stagnant moisture and compaction.

Frosthärte

down to -10 C°

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Height of growth: 1 to 5 m. Spread: 3 to 4 m. Loosely growing, usually multi-stem shrub with normal growth potential.

Blätter

Evergreen, lanceolate leaves. Length: 1 to 5 cm. Colour: dark green.

Blüten

Flowering period: V to VIII. Aromatically fragrant white flowers, approx. 2 cm in diameter.

Früchte

Roundish or ovate berries, approx. 1 cm long, dark blue or black in colour. Sweet and pleasant-tasting. With calyx.