Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Tom Thumb' (Pittosporum 'Tom Thumb')
Other names: Tawhiwhi 'Tom Thumb', Kohuhu 'Tom Thumb'
'Tom Thumb' is a compact, roound evergreen shrub with wavy light-green leaves when young in spring, turning dark-purple.
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1m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Pittosporum 'Garnettii' (Pittosporum 'Garnetii')
'Garnettii' is a large evergreen shrub with rounded grey-green leaves edged in cream and sometimes flushed pink in winter, with small dark-purple flowers.
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4m max. spread |
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4m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Pittosporum tobira (Japanese pittosporum)
Other names: Australian laurel, House-blooming mock orange
P. tobira is a tender, compact, evergreen shrub attractive green foliage and fragrant, creamy white flowers.
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2m max. spread |
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4m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Elizabeth' (Pittosporum 'Elizabeth')
'Elizabeth' is an evergreen shrub with wavy leaves edged in cream and pink.
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2.5m max. spread |
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4m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Pittosporum tenuifolium (Tawhiwhi )
P. tenuifolium is a rounded, evergreen shrub that has glossy, green leaves with wavy margins. From late spring to early summer, it produces a scattering of small, fragrant maroon flowers.
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4m max. spread |
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7m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Pittosporum heterophyllum (Chinese pittosporum)
P. heterophyllum is a rounded to mound-forming, evergreen shrub with leathery, glossy, ovate, obovate, or lance-shaped, mid- to dark green leaves and clusters of fragrant, cream to pale yellow flowers from late spring into summer.
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3m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Arundel Green' (Pittosporum 'Arundel Green')
'Arundel Green' is a rounded, evergreen shrub, with oval, wavy, bright green leaves on dark shoots.
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2m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Pittosporum tobira 'Nanum' (Japanese pittosporum 'Nanum')
Other names: Australian laurel 'Nanum', House-blooming mock orange 'Nanum', Pittosporum tobira 'Nana'
'Nanum' is a tender, compact, rounded, evergreen shrub glossy, ovate, dark green leaves and, in late spring and early summer, umbels of fragrant, creamy-white flowers turning yellow with age.
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1m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Pittosporum tobira 'Wheeler's Dwarf' (Japanese pittosporum 'Wheeler's Dwarf')
Other names: Australian laurel 'Wheeler's Dwarf', House-blooming mock orange 'Wheeler's Dwarf', Japanese mock orange 'Wheeler's Dwarf'
'Wheeler's Dwarf' is a compact, dense, mound-forming, tender evergreen shrub with ovate, leathery, glossy, dark green leaves, bright green when young, and umbels of small, fragrant, creamy-white flowers in late spring and early summer. Flowers are followed by spherical, yellow-brown capsules containing red seeds.
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1.5m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Irene Paterson' (Pittopsorum 'Irene Paterson')
Other names: Tawhiwhi 'Irene Paterson', Kohuhu 'Irene Paterson'
'Irene Paterson' is an evergreen shrub, with round, white leaves, turning dark-green marked white (and flushed pink in winter) and fragrant dark-purple flowers in late spring.
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1m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
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