Plant identification

chat2elena

Hello, 

Can anyone identify this plant? My mother is in Cyprus and said butterflies seem to love it and she’d like to get one for her garden.
Thank you

BobTheGardener

That looks like small-leaved Myrtle, just like this Myrtus communis subsp. tarentina I have growing by the front door:

https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/plants.cfm?pl_id=2979

chat2elena

Thank you, that indeed looks like it. Is it the herb?

BobTheGardener

@chat2elena Yes, this is still Myrtus communis, just a small-leaved cultivar.  It can be used in exactly the same way:

http://www.manorfarmherbs.co.uk/herbinfo/myrtle

It will need planting against a sunny south or west facing wall as they are not fully hardy in the UK.  Mine is in a raised bed by the south-facing front door and does very well indeed (it needs a good prune, I just noticed!)