Pittosporum Irene Paterson
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Common Name: Pittosporum Irene Paterson
Latin Name: Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Irene Paterson'
Soil: fertile, moist, well-drained soil
Position: Full sun or partial shade
Flowering period/colour: May to June/honey- scented, purple/black-red flowers (unreliable)
Hardiness: frost hardy (needs winter protection)
Eventual height/spread: 2.2m x 1.8m
Special features: Slow growing evergreen with prettily marbled leaves.
A very attractive, rather subtle variety. The leaves are a shiny green and plentifully patterned with white marbling. This catches the light so the shrub appears to shimmer, looking rather ghostly on occasion. The new leaves are creamy white and the winter leaves have a pink tinge. It is very artificial in its appearance and good in an urban setting where its distinctive qualities suit abstract sculpture and gardens given over to hard landscaping.