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Pittosporum tenuifolium

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Botanical Name: Common Names:

Pittosporum tenuifolium Kohuhu,

Native: Foliage Type:

No Evergreen

Plant Type: Plant Habit:

Hedging / Screening, Shrubs, Trees Dense, Rounded, Upright

Description:

A small evergreen tree native or shrub native to New Zealand. It has glossy green foliage with black stems and is a tough low maintenance plant that makes fantastic dense fast growing hedges. There are many cultivars that have been bread from this variety.

Mature Height: Mature Width:

4-10m 2-4m

Position: Soil Type:

Full Sun, Semi Shade Any, Well Drained

Landscape Use(s)

Borders / Shrubbery, Coastal Garden, Feature, Foliage Feature / Colour, Formal Garden, Hedging / Screening, Low Water Garden, Mass Planting, Wind Break

Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free

Cultural Notes:

Plant Care

Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods, Mulch well

Family Name: Origin:

Pittosporaceae PacificIslands

Characteristics

Foliage Colour: Green

Flower Colour: Insignificant

Flower Fragrant: No

Flowering Season: Spring

Fruit: Insignificant

Requirements Tolerances

Growth Rate: Fast

Maintenance Level: Low

Water Usage: Low

Drought: High

Frost: High

Wind: High

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