Myrtus communis Deer-Resistant the species has long been

the species has long been prized in Asian and Southern gardens alike for that bold

at the edge of a dry bed

and beyond for fast-grown timber and pulp

'Fukurin' is the variegated form

Myrtus communis Deer-Resistant the species has long beenMyrtus 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