Luma (Chilean Myrtle Berry) Els PW 10882 light green foliage

light green foliage

England about 1904

glossy compound leaves

needing only 200-400 hours to bloom and set fruit

Plant two to assure pollination

Luma (Chilean Myrtle Berry) Els PW 10882 light green foliageLuma apiculata An unusual evergreen tree from central and Southern Chile and Argentina, Chilean Myrtle Berry, also simply known as Luma, grows to 15' or more in frost free areas, or dense shrub to 3' x 2' if it dies back to the ground each winter, with evergreen leaves like a boxwood. The bark turns orange like madrone and peels off to reveal white to pink new bark. Fragrant, clear white flowers with multiple white stamens appear generously in mid