General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Plant Height: 33-49 feet
Plant Spread: 24 - 30 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Fragrant
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Provides winter interest
Flowering Tree
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Other Beneficial Insects
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Bees
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Chilean Myrtle
  • Arrayan

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Location: My Garden, Crescent City, Ca......
Date: 4000-08-24
Location: My Garden, Crescent City, Ca......
Date: 4000-08-24
Location: My Garden, Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-09-18
Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2018-02-11
Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2022-10-14
Location: San Francisco Botanical Garden
Date: 2016-08-20
Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2022-10-14
Location: Cerro El Roble, Chile
Date: Spring
Wild growing Luma apiculata, overcrowded with Tropaeolum tricolor
Uploaded by robertduval14
Location: Los Arrayanes National Park, Argentina
credit: Alexrebolledo
Location: My Garden, Crescent City, California
Date: 2017-06-26
Location: My Garden, Crescent City, California
Date: 2017-06-26
Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 2016-04-20
Location: Cuesta La Dormida, Chile
Date: Spring
Wild growing Luma apiculata, with a Tropaeolum tricolor climbing
Location: My Garden, Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-09-18
Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 2016-11-15
Location: My Garden, Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-09-18
Location: My garden.....Crescent City, California
Date: 2015-04-22
Location: My garden....Crescent City, California
Date: 2015-04-22
Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 2016-04-20
Two years in the ground now, starting to fill out.
Location: Luma apiculata on Parque Nacional Lago Puelo Sendero Pintranto Grande
Date: 2011-11-17
Photo courtesy of: Miguel Vieira
Comments:
  • Posted by GypsyWC (Crescent City, Ca. - Zone 9b) on Feb 18, 2022 5:10 PM concerning plant:
    What I can sadly tell you is that this plant is susceptible to Verticillium Wilt, at least in my area...Crescent City, California...very Northwestern point of California....

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