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Botanic Name
Genus: Pittosporum
Species: tenuifolium
Variety: Compact Varieties
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Type: Shrub
Family: PITTOSPORACEAE
Origins: New Zealand
Light: Full Sun
Wind: Wind Tolerant
Growth: Slow
Frost: Marginal
Evergreen: Yes
Native: No
Height: 1.2m
Width: 1.2m
Position
Border
Hedges / Screens
Shrubbery
RETAIL Availability
Easy to find
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Flower Colour
Red
Flowering Time
(Southern Hemisphere)
September
October
November
Climate Zone
Zone: 9
Zone: 10
Zone: 11
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Overview
Compact varieties of Pittosporum tenuifolium are becoming popular. They grow in a rounded shape and tend not to grow taller than a 1.2m. They can be kept smaller by regular pruning. They can be used successfully in low hedges, topiary and to add structure to a garden border. In late spring they produce wine coloured flowers that give off a lovely fragrance.
Varieties includes;
Golf Ball, has mint green leaves and black branches. As the name suggests in form dense spherical bushes.
Tom Thumb is also a dwarf/compact variety . The young green leaves turn purple as they mature.
Soil: Any reasonably well drained and fertile soil.
Maintenance: Keep moist in hot summers and a feed of slow release native plant fertiliser in spring - or blood and bone is all thats required.
Requires very little maintenance - prune occasionally to maintain shape and size.
Diseases: Borers can be a worry though if its healthy the plant can repel them with its own internal chemicals. If not prize them out with a fine wire or blast tme out with a jet of water.
Other Species: 200 species in all including P.eugenioides and P. rhombifolium otherwise known as the Australian Laurel.
Comments: In colder climates it does require a sheltered spot.
Author: Bob Saunders.
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Here we list businesses who usually sell this plant.
Online Retailers
Dawsons Garden World
Serving Perth gardeners for over 100 years, Dawsons have four Perth locations and provide on-line sales.
Delivery to: WA
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Gardenarium
Based in South Australia, specialising in mainstream, rare and unusual perennial plants along with roses and ornamental trees.
Delivery to: ACT,NSW,NT,QLD,SA,VIC,WA
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Woodbridge Nursery
Woodbridge Nursery offers a large collection of perennial plants for the home gardener, plant collector and landscaper.
Delivery to: ACT,NSW,QLD,SA,TAS,VIC
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Local Retailers
SA |
Mount Gambier:
Gardenarium |
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Vic |
Jindivick:
Muskers at Broughton Hall Rare Plant Nursery |
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WA |
Perth - all suburbs:
Dawsons Garden World |
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