Ruscus

摘要

These evergreen subshrubs with glossy foliage and plump red berries are much underrated, writes Miranda Kimberley.Ruscus is an underrated evergreen that offers dark-green glossy foliage and plump red berries. They have an unusual feature in that the apparent "leaves" are actually flattened branches, known as cladodes or cladophylls.The leaves themselves are tiny papery scales that are pretty inconspicuous. The flowers are equally diminutive and appear in the middle of the cladodes. Male and female flowers grow on separate plants, apart from the several hermaphrodite forms that produce berries like the females, if they are successfully pollinated.