- Eventual Height: 10m
- Eventual Spread: 3m
Pittosporum tobira
Japanese mock orange
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size: 3 litre pot
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available to order from summer 2012
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- Position:
full sun or partial shade- Soil:
fertile, moist, well-drained soil- Rate of growth:
average- Flowering period:
May and June- Flower colour:
creamy-white- Other features:
spherical, yellow-brown seed capsules- Hardiness:
half hardy (will need protection in winter)
Clusters of honey-scented, bell-shaped, creamy-white flowers in late spring and early summer and lustrous, deep green leaves, which are retained all year. Japanese mock orange makes a lovely specimen plant for a sunny, sub-tropical garden in a warm coastal site. Dense and rounded in habit, in frost-prone areas give it the protection of a south or west-facing wall.
- Garden care:
Requires minimal pruning. To thin or reduce growth prune mid-spring and apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted garden compost or manure around the base of the plant.
- Eventual Height: 10m
- Eventual Spread: 3m
Pittosporum tobira - Japanese mock orange
Heavenly scented flowers
