CARISSA MACROCARPA
'VARIEGATA'
Carissas are tropical plants that like full to partial sun.
It gets pretty jasmine-like white flowers with a strong
pleasant smell despite the size of the flowers and plant.
You can see these flowers on and off through out the year.
Carissas also bare red plums that you can eat right off
the bush or can make into jams and jellies. Can be grown
as a nice fragrant container plant and is also a great bonsai
subject.
FAMILY : Apocynaceae
ORIGIN : Tropical
Africa
SIZE : 3'
average
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS : full
sun
WATER REQUIREMENTS : keep
a little dry
MIN. TEMP. : low
30's
FLOWER : on and off through out year
