Garden

[BirkiLady]

@GingerPeach  Your dwarf myrtle is lovely! I like it in smaller vases with spring/summer flowers as well. 

[BirkiLady]

@GingerPeach  Does your dwarf myrtle bark "shed" its bark, esposing lovely shades and textures (when mature) like the large tree variety in the Southern states? They are as interesting as White Birch trees! 

[GingerPeach]

Mine isn't old enough yet, @BirkiLady 

It's the myrtus communis compacta.

[BirkiLady]

Will it shed when it reaches maturity, @GingerPeach ?

[JustJazzmom]

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@cbrite wrote:

@GingerPeach 

You are quite educated in the plant world....far more than I am. 

I have a bit of an issue.....

I now have a wall of this plant and no gate nor walk thru area.

--will it grow back? 

eta-sorry

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I'm not seeing the photo @cbrite  of the plant you are describing.

[cbrite]

@JustJazzmom I removed it as not to hijack this thread....here is a tiny photo... thank you for responding...

[JustJazzmom]

I'm sorry I can't ID it. 

[cbrite]

How the heck do you all know the exact names of these plants? Gosh..... I'm jealous, lol.

[JustJazzmom]

We have good memories? 

Common names differ in various areas of the US so the botanical Latin gives everyone a common starting point. 

[BirkiLady]

@cbrite  Almost all plants rejuvenate when cute back. The roots are deep and healthy. Go ahead and give it a good trimming so you have plenty of room for a walk-through. Then water thoroughly.  It will probably fill in thicker then before, giving you a lusher shrub or arbor.

The first picture you posted looked like a happy shrub! Keep it trimmed to the desired shape so you always have an entrance and you will be happy, too.