Pittosporum Silver Sheen

Name: Pittosporum Silver Sheen - 25 litre container
Brand: The Plant Company
SKU: 10507o
Price: 195.41 NZD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)

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Pittosporum tenuifolium Silver Sheen is a NZ native shrub that features small, silver-green leaves held on brown-black stems. It grows rapidly with a tidy and dense habit to about 3 m tall and 1.5 m wide and can be trimmed as necessary. Pittosporum Silver Sheen is an excellent choice for hedging, growing around pools areas, adding to a mixed planting, or including in native plantings.

Suited to regions:	All regions
Plant type:	Shrubs
Height:	3.00 m
Spread:	1.50 m
Flowering time:	Spring
Tolerances:	Extended dry periods, Hardy, Wind
Garden uses:	Hedging, Living areas, Parks, Ponds, Pool areas, Screening, Specimen
Garden styles:	Alpine, Architectural, Backyard, City & Courtyard, Formal, Frontyard, Mediterranean, Modern, Native
Easy to grow?	Yes
Maintenance requirements	Low
Growth rate	Medium
Also known as	Pittosporum tenuifolium Silver Sheen, Silver Sheen Kohuhu, Silver Sheen Kohuhu Pittosporum, Silver Sheen Pittosporum tenuifolium, Silver Sheen Tree, Silver Sheen Plant, Pittosporum Silver Sheen Height, Silver Sheen Bush, Silver Sheen Shrub

Pittosporum Silver Sheen Details

Pittosporum tenuifolium Silver Sheen is an attractive, NZ native shrub that features small, silver-green leaves held on brown-black stems. It grows rapidly with a tidy and dense habit to about 3 m tall and 1.5 m wide and can be trimmed as necessary. Trimming encourages new growth and helps keep the plant dense. Small, dark purple flowers are produced in spring amidst the foliage, which adds extra interest to this plant. If performs best when grown in full sun on a well-drained site, and it is tolerant of most soil types, except extreme wet. It is also hardy to coastal conditions, moderate frost, some wind, and dry periods though does benefit from protection while establishing. Pittosporum Silver Sheen is an excellent choice for hedging, growing around pools areas, adding to a mixed planting, or including in native plantings. Space plants 50 cm apart when growing this Pittosporum as a hedge.