Myrtle

Myrtle (Myrtus) - In southern and coast counties the Myrtle is hardy enough to be planted as a bush, for if its shoots are killed by frosts it often recovers the following season. But the common Myrtle is most generally grown as a wall-shrub, and house walls could not have a more beautiful covering, especially if some pretty Clematis or other graceful climber be allowed to ramble amongst the Myrtle. There are many varieties of the common Myrtle, every one with sweet-smelling leaves, and all with white flowers.

The chief sorts are the Dutch, Italian, Roman, Rosemary or Thymeleaved, Nutmeg, Box-leaved, and Andalusian. Besides these there are some with variegated leaves, the leaves being striped with gold or silver, or spotted and blotched. In planting a Myrtle against a wall, choice should, if possible, be given to a space protected from northerly and easterly winds, which in spring are injurious to the leaves. S. Europe.

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