Botanical Name: Pachystima myrsinites
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Common Name: Mountain Lover  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Broadleaf Evergreen, Shrub, Ground cover

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

Pink

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

Brown

 

Fruit Color

Brown, Red

 

Fruit Season

Fall

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  • Description

  • Notes

Utah native. Mountain lover is a very attractive broadleaf evergreen shrub and really ought to be utilized in landscapes more frequently. Its leaf is similar to a boxwood, though its form is more irregular and sort or sprawlish. Small spring flowers are not very showy, and likewise the fruit is also inconspicuous. And after all this you wonder why you would grow it? Well, it is a stunning, easy-to-care-for broadleaf evergreen; not many of those in these parts. Grows about 2 to 3 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide, but it's going to get there slowly.