Grow Poliomintha longiflora in full sun and fast-draining soil
giving the plant an exotic
the species has long been prized in Asian and Southern gardens alike for that bold
'Fukurin' is the variegated form
French lavender is native to the sun-baked Mediterranean and reaches out to the Canary Islands
Myrtus communis Deer-Resistant Grow Poliomintha longiflora in fullMyrtus communis, the true myrtle, is a dense evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean, clothed in small, glossy, aromatic leaves and starry white flowers, and few garden plants carry so much history. Sacred to Aphrodite and to her Roman counterpart Venus, myrtle has stood for love, beauty, and marriage since antiquity, woven into bridal wreaths from ancient Greece to Victorian England, and a sprig from Queen Victoria's own bouquet founded a myrtle whose