Can anyone identify this shrub please?

LessImpecunious

This popped up when I was looking for flowers and fruit edibility....https://theediblegardennursery.co.uk/product/myrtus-communis-common-myrtle

Sarahspangles

That’s Myrtus communis Tarentina, and a happy one, with some sun but does require shelter.

fatbelly

twopenny said:

Next (rehetorical) question - where do I get one?

I tried to buy a Myrtle and with the multinationals taking over everything it's all much the same.

But this stays neat and tidy with no effort so I'm already enamoured

Any local nursery is likely to have them but why not have a go at propagating a cutting (or two) from that one?

twopenny

That did occour to me Fatbelly but I've created a garden from nothing over the last 4 yrs and I;m fed up with waiting for things to grow from tiny.

Everyone thinks it would be wornderful to work from scratch but it's bdy hard work and every day I see them from my sofa still waiting for them to get to a decent size.

But then I may do both

FreeBear

Myrtle is slow growing and takes years to reach any appreciable height. I planted a hedge of the stuff some 20 years ago, and some of it is barely 4 foot high.

35har1old

twopenny said:

So neighbour has a neat evergreen shrub that blooms a lot.

She's no gardener but thought it was myrtle. Just doesn't look like the myrtle I know.

i think it is a some variety of myrtle.
i have !myrtle! which has reached about 10 feet has tan bark berry's are black have seen similar in national trust gardens which are at least 20 feet in height. 

Sarahspangles

35har1old said:

twopenny said:

So neighbour has a neat evergreen shrub that blooms a lot.

She's no gardener but thought it was myrtle. Just doesn't look like the myrtle I know.

i think it is a some variety of myrtle.
i have !myrtle! which has reached about 10 feet has tan bark berry's are black have seen similar in national trust gardens which are at least 20 feet in height. 

Yes that’s why you need the Tarentina one, it’s a dwarf by comparison.

twopenny

Brilliant Sarah! That's it.
Sorry I didn't check before but it's been weirdly busy.
I put Tarantina Myrtle in images and I reckon that's hit the jackpot
Bit like a team quiz, it's everybody shoving a little in the right direction. 
  

ripongrammargirl

That is a very nice little shrub and I might have to track one down. If you want a gorgeous shrub that grows very fast then I recommend ceanothus with gorgeous blue flowers, (bought 5 years ago and chopped it to the ground every year when the flowers die off and it’s still massive, currently 6 feet tall!)

twopenny

Ah yes I know.
Bought one for£3 six inches high and it covered a fence in 18mts!
Good background though to the other plants.