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    MYRTUS
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    MYRTUS

    Commonly known as Myrtle

    See also LUMA and UGNI

    A SACRED shrub in Greek mythology, one of the four sacred plants in Jewish liturgy and used throughout Europe in wedding bouquets, a slip from Queen Victoria's was propagated and sprigs are used in royal wedding bouquets today.

    Wintered in tubs in orangeries in the 17th and 18th centuries they were brought into gardens in the summer. Sprigs used in Mediterranean cookery to flavour meats.

    Genus of one species of evergreen shrub from woodland margins and scrub in the Mediterranean.

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    • Good to know
      Grown for their aromatic leaves and fragrant flowers. Require long, hot summers to produce flowers and fruits.
    • Medicinal properties
      Long regarded as beneficial for sinus infections.
    • Place of origin
      Mediterranean.
    • Resistant to honey fungus
      These plants have little or few problems with honey fungus.
    • Evergreen
    • Medium shrub
      Typically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
    • Tall Shrub
    • Scented flowers
    • Scented foliage
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    Varieties
    MYRTUS communis
    Common myrtle
    Pure white scented flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £15.00
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    MYRTUS communis subsp. tarentina
    A compact rounded bush with needle-like leaves and creamy-white scented flower
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £15.00
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    Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Afterplant - Tomatoes
    AFTER PLANT TOMATO FEED Liquid Concentrate with Bio stimulant is a high potash liquid concentrate containing seaweed extract, plant derived amino acids and other nutrients specifically formulated to benefit tomatoes and greenhouse plants.
    1ltr
    £8.50
    Vermin & Pest Control
    Slug Pellets
    Slug killer blue mini pellets are easy to use and give effective control of slugs and snails. Ideal in garden, conservatory or greenhouse.
    800g
    £6.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Q4 Pelleted Fertiliser
    A useful fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of plants. Q4 provides all the nutrients and trace elements essential for vigorous growth, abundant flowering and ripening of fruit.
    0.9 kg
    £6.00
    Unavailable
    2.5 kg
    £13.00
    Unavailable
    4.5 kg
    £25.00
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