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Products > Myoporum laetum Clean n Green ['WCN 01'] PP23,163
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| Category: Shrub |
| Family: Myoporaceae (Now Scrophulariaceae) |
| Origin: New Zealand (Australasia) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Flower Color: White |
| Bloomtime: Summer |
| Height: 20-30 feet |
| Width: 10-20 feet |
| Exposure: Full Sun |
| Seaside: Yes |
| Summer Dry: Yes |
| Deer Tolerant: Yes |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 25-30° F |
| May be Poisonous (More Info): Yes |
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Myoporum laetum Green N Clean ['WCN 01'] PPAF (Thrips Resistant Coast Myoporum) - A fast growing evergreen large shrub or tree that quickly forms a screen that can reach 30 feet tall and 20 feet wide and holds leaves all the way to its base. Small white flowers with purple markings bloom in clusters in the summer, followed by reddish purple fruits. Plant in full sun for the best results - tolerates light shade but grows less dense. It is drought tolerant and hardy to about 25 degrees F. This is a new thrips-resistant selection of the popular hedging plant that has long been the first choice for a fast growing hedge and for beachside plantings where it grows large and responds well to pruning and shaping. In 2006 Myoporum laetum in California came under attack by Klambothrips myopori, a species of thrips from coastal Eastern Australia that badly disfigured the new foliage. More on this pest can be found on our Myoporum Thrips page. While there have been some other resistant Myoporum cultivars, such as our Myoporum 'Compacta', Myoporum 'Putah Creek' and Myoporum parvifolium 'Pink', there has not been a replacement for the larger more lush Myoporum laetum 'Carsonii', that most nurseries (we included) discontinued growing because of this problem. Luckily observant Santa Barbara area nurseryman Doug Zylstra, of West Covina Wholesale Nursery, noticed a Myoporum laetum 'Carsonii' in a landscape that was unaffected by this pest and he took cuttings of it. The plant remained clean and he further tested its resistance by putting the plant in the middle of infested plants, even covering the plant with thrips laden cuttings. This plant, now under review for a US Plant Patent, has been named Myoporum 'Green N Clean'. It is being marketed by West Covina Wholesale Nursery and PlantHaven. Our plants purchased from West Covina Nursery in Goleta.
Information displayed on this page about Myoporum laetum Clean n Green ['WCN 01'] PP23,163 is based on our research conducted about this plant in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about it as it has grown in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.
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