Pittosporum Garnettii
Pittosporum
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Common Name: Pittosporum
Latin Name: Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Garnettii'
Soil: fertile, moist, well-drained soil
Position: Full sun or partial shade
Flowering period/colour: April to May/Chocolate
Hardiness: Fully hardy
Eventual height/spread: 4m x 4m
Special features: Grey-green leaves edged in cream, which gets a pink flush during the winter.
This has elliptic leaves coloured pale green and with a neat but irregular white margin which take on pink tints in the winter. The leaves are held on chocolate brown stems on a shrub that is softly conical in outline, with gently spreading branches. There are tiny chocolate coloured flowers in April. These carry a sweet, floral fragrance somewhat reminiscent of a lily. It makes a lovely specimen.