The Plant Company

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Telephone:
01403 740100

Email:
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The Plant Company
Coolham Road
West Chiltington
Pulborough
West Sussex
RH20 2LH

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Tuesday-Friday, 9:00-17:30.
Closed public holidays.


 

The Plants

Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Tom Thumb'

pittosporum

Photo of Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Tom Thumb'

£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

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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