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Pittosporum tenuifolium (Mixed Varieties) – 5 Litre (P23) Pot
Plant Highlights: Mixed selection of evergreen pittosporums • Attractive year-round foliage • Excellent for borders and containers • Ideal as feature or structural plants • Variety supplied will vary throughout the season
Overview
Pittosporum tenuifolium is a versatile evergreen shrub valued for its attractive foliage, naturally tidy habit and year-round garden interest. This product is supplied as a mixed selection of varieties, offering a range of leaf colours and forms, from fresh green to silver, purple or variegated foliage depending on the cultivar.
Ideal for adding structure to borders, contemporary planting schemes and patio containers, these shrubs are easy to combine with flowering perennials and other evergreens. Their neat growth habit makes them equally suitable as specimen plants or informal hedging.
Plant Details
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Botanical Name | Pittosporum tenuifolium (mixed cultivars) |
| Common Name | Kohuhu |
| Plant Type | Evergreen shrub |
| Foliage | Evergreen, colour varies by cultivar |
| Flower Colour | Small, dark flowers (varies by cultivar) |
| Flowering Season | Spring |
| Position | Full sun or partial shade |
| Soil | Fertile, well-drained soil |
| Habit | Bushy, upright (varies by cultivar) |
Growing Guide
Plant in full sun or partial shade in fertile, well-drained soil. Once established, Pittosporum tenuifolium is relatively tolerant of dry periods, although newly planted shrubs should be watered regularly until well rooted.
Trim lightly in late spring or summer if shaping is required. Avoid heavy pruning into old wood, and protect young plants from severe, cold winds in particularly exposed inland sites.
Why We Love It
Mixed pittosporums offer dependable evergreen structure with an attractive range of foliage colours and textures. They provide year-round interest and are equally effective in modern gardens, mixed shrub borders and large decorative containers.
Good to Know
As this is a mixed product, the exact cultivar supplied will vary. Leaf colour, variegation, mature size and growth habit may differ between individual plants.
Product Information
- Supplied in a 5 litre (P23) pot
- Mixed selection of Pittosporum tenuifolium cultivars
- Best grown in full sun or partial shade
- Ideal for borders, specimen planting, patio containers and informal hedging
- Variety supplied will vary throughout the season
Growing & care
- Plant type
- shrub
- Position & light
- Full sun· Partial shade· Sheltered
- Watering
- drought-tolerant
- Soil & drainage
- Well drained
- Flowering
- Brown
- Foliage
- evergreen
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