Ugni molinae Groundcover Shrubs Zelkova is built for difficult

Zelkova is built for difficult conditions

in a native bed

The species name ashei honors William Willard Ashe

slow-growing deciduous tree that ranges through rich forests from southern Canada to the Gulf

not only for beauty but for the steady support the flowers give to pollinators and wildlife through a long season

Ugni molinae Groundcover Shrubs Zelkova is built for difficultUgni molinae, the Chilean guava, is a small evergreen shrub of the myrtle family, native to the temperate forests of Chile and adjoining southern Argentina. Gardeners of an older generation will know the plant as Myrtus ugni, the name the shrub long circulated under. The genus name Ugni comes straight from ui, the Mapuche word for the plant, while the species honors Juan Ignacio Molina, the Jesuit naturalist who first chronicled the flora of Chile; in