Myrtle

摘要

Myrtle has long been revered as a sacred shrub, particularly among Greek and Jewish people, and it has been used in all royal wedding bouquets sinceQueen Victoria's, which means it is a topical plant, having been used in the ceremonies of Harry and Meghan as well as Eugenie and Jack.It is an elegant evergreen tree with glossy, dark-green, aromatic leaves and fragrant, white, bowl-shaped, five-petalled flowers with a mass of tufted stamens. If the summer is hot enough, the flowers are followed by purple-black, oblong-to-ellipsoid fruits, though those of Myrtus communis var. leucocarpo are white.