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this time of year, it is good to have
plants which give double value, and this
is one which has both flowers and fruit,
here photographed in our garden on the same day in
late October this year.
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| Luma
apiculata, or the Chilean Myrtle, is
native to Chile and Argentina (where we
saw it some years ago on the shores
of Lago Nahuel Huapi near
Bariloche.
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tree has, to our surprise, survived
several winters, and is now about a
metre and a half in height. With an
ultimate height of 15m it would become
too large for our garden, but it can be
trimmed to keep it under control.
However
when larger, it has beautiful bark
colour - the picture below shows
multiple stems in the garden at
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