Origin
South America
Light
Full sun
Watering
Weekly
Care
Easy
Flowering
Flowering
Outdoor
Pittosporum Tobira
Glossy green foliage in rosettes and white flowers scented of orange blossom: the Pittosporum perfumes May gardens.
Care Profile
A guide to ensuring your botanical companion thrives.
Origin
Japan
Light
Full sun to partial shade
Watering
Card.wateringValue.fortnightly
Maintenance
Easy
Orange blossom scent without the orange tree
Its discreet white flowers give off a fragrance of orange blossom so powerful it carries several meters, earning the shrub its nickname 'Japanese mock orange'.
Resistant to sea spray, pollution, and hard pruning, it makes the quintessential coastal hedge, dense and evergreen all year.
"You smell it well before you see it."
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Styling Tip 01
Ideal by the Sea
Salt spray does not affect it, unlike most shrubs.
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Styling Tip 02
Prune After Flowering
Working in June preserves the following year's buds.
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Styling Tip 03
Variegated Variety Slower
The 'Variegatum' cultivar grows half as fast and fears the cold more.
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Origin
South America
Light
Full sun
Watering
Rarely
Care
Easy
Flowering
Flowering