Botanical Name: Common Names:
Pittosporum tenuifolium Golf Ball Kohuhu,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Hedging / Screening, Shrubs Rounded
Description:
Pittosporum, Golf Ball is a vigorous grower, yet stays very compact and round with little pruning. Branching freely from its base, Golf Ball develops a very dense, multi-stemmed shape. Pittosporum Golf Ball has bright mint-green glossy leaves with small, inconspicuous chocolate-purple flowers in late spring/early summer. This evergreen specimen is low maintenance, staying around 80cm tall x 80cm wide. Pittosporum Golf Ball is ideal for foundation plantings, as a specimen plant, or to replace boxwoods as a hedge in small formal borders. Golf Ball works well as a container or patio planting.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
30-60cm <30cm
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Balcony / Roof, Borders / Shrubbery, Coastal Garden, Courtyard, Feature, Foliage Feature / Colour, Formal Garden, Hedging / Screening, Mass Planting, Rockery, Shady Garden, Container / Pot
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free
Cultural Notes: Pittosporum Golf Ball can withstand periodic drought once established, and has excellent tolerance to wind and heavy rains. Plant Golf Ball out in the full sun or part shade. Part shade is best in hot, dry climates. Pittosporum Golfball is seriously low maintenance, naturally forming a low dense hedge without trimming. If desired, it can be trimmed to shape. Images and information courtesy of Touch of Class Plants.
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: Summer
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Fast
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Low
Drought: Medium / Moderate
Frost: Moderate
Wind: High
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