Natal Plum
About Natal Plum
Natal Plum is an easy to grow spiny evergreen shrub with dense leathery green leaves, fragrant white flowers and showy edible red fruits. It can be used as a hedge, security screen or foundation planting where it is hardy or it can be grown in a container that is brought indoors in the winter.
Taxonomy
Carissa macrocarpa
Carissa
Apocynaceae
Gentianales
Also known as
Large num-num, Amathungulu, Umthungulu obomvu and Noem-noem
How to care for Natal Plum
How often to water your Natal Plum
every 9
Natal Plum needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Natal Plum in your home
a window
Natal Plum love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Natal Plum does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Natal Plum in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Natal Plum
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Natal Plum after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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Showing some growth & progress on my very 1st official #Bonsai. A little more then a year of training & growing to form this from when I 1st got this plant, This small tree looks so old to me that bark is just ancient. Thinking of taking it out of the pot & replanting it into a much larger container to get some thicker growth. Thoughts on overall look, shape, opinions or suggestions/tips On my Bonsai would be appreciated. I’m new to the style and growth habit even though I have been putting trees in pots for years. A lot of you have as well and you have official bonsai trees because definition is a tree in a pot so all of you who have a tree in a pot should get a little bit more into this style of growing. Just my opinion Show off your #bonsai trees today just curious what everyone has as far as natures manipulated artwork. I have a serious question for the true bonsai enthusiast about planting in ground to grow trunk mass.. question is let’s say I have a small unused pool or very large capacity container like an old freezer. Would that be considered large enough of a container to get the trunk to thicken on trees faster or would it actually need to be in the ground ? Because my thoughts fight with each other and says it will never be able to get the nutrients from a confined space, even though the other side of my mind says the roots won’t ever get that big enough to get all the nutrients from a larger space. I know there is no official right answer but just wondering what kind of experience we have out there 🫶🏽 feed the soil microbes 🦠 right? Thanks #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #NewGrowth #Bonsai
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Why's he dropping leaves? My #natalplum has dropped a few leaves yesterday, hadn't hey all look like this? All have this brown in the middle and is in generel very bendy and soft?? (the two brown dots are from my fingers pressing down on it.)
Care Summary for Natal Plum
Natal Plum
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 9 days
Placement
< 1ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
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