The Plants
Pittosporum tenuifolium
pittosporum
£19.99
A versatile large, broadly columnar evergreen shrub with slender, dark shoots. Leaves rounded, glossy light green, with wavy margins. Small, honey-scented deep purple flowers open in clusters in late spring and early summer
Type
- Shrubs
Award of Garden Merit
Foliage: Evergreen
Hardiness: Hardy
Vigour: Medium growing
Uses
- Beds and borders
- Flower arranging
- Cottage style garden
- Contemporary style garden
- Gravel garden
- Hedging
Special features
- Evergreen
- Winter interest
Care instructions
Grow in moist but well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. If required prune in mid-Spring when growth has started. Trim hedges again in midsummer.
Dimensions
Size: Large
Pot size: 9cm
Eventual height: 800cm
Eventual spread: 400cm
Positions
- Light shade
- Sun
Aspects
- South
- East
- West
Soil types
- Sandy
- Normal
Soil pH ranges
- Acid
- Neutral
- Alkaline