The Plants
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Tom Thumb'
pittosporum
£10.00
An attractive, large evergreen shrub with rounded, greyish-green wavy-edged leaves with a bluish tinge on dark stems. Insignificant or absent flowers in 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
- Containers
- Gravel garden
- Hedging
Special features
- Low maintenance
- 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: Small
Pot size: 2 litre
Eventual height: 100cm
Eventual spread: 100cm
Positions
- Light shade
- Sun
Aspects
- East
- West
Soil types
- Sandy
- Normal
Soil pH ranges
- Acid
- Neutral
- Alkaline