PITTOSPORUM

Commonly known as Parchment bark

Hardy in all but the coldest areas. All flower APR-JUL

OFTEN sweetly night-scented and always sticky-seeded mainly evergreen shrubs and trees found in wideranging habitats in Australasia, southern Africa, southern and eastern Asia and the Pacific islands. It is thought that its origin was the supercontinent Gondwana. Genus of about 200 species.

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Plant Details

Good to know
Trim hedges in spring and midsummer
Place of origin
Australasia, southern Africa, southern and eastern Asia, the Pacific Islands
Resistant to honey fungus
These plants have little or few problems with honey fungus.
Evergreen
Medium shrub
Typically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
Tall Shrub
Tree
Scented flowers
Sweetly/honey scented

Planting Tips and Care Advice

Pittosporum - Growing Guide

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PITTOSPORUM adaphniphylloides

Parchment bark

(formerly daphnephylloides) - huge dark green leaves of up to 10 ins. Scented cream flowers and small red fruit. Hardy if sheltered

2 to 3 Litre

£25.00

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PITTOSPORUM bicolor

Downy young stems. Small, maroon-crimson flowers

2 to 3 Litre

£20.00

PITTOSPORUM crassifolium

A very hardy variety which is excellent in coastal conditions with thick leathery leaves and deep purple flowers

2 to 3 Litre

£17.00

PITTOSPORUM crassifolium 'Variegatum'

Grey-green leaves variegated creamy-white on the edges

2 to 3 Litre

£20.00

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PITTOSPORUM eugenioides 'Variegatum'

Pale yellow scented flowers and leaves margined creamy-white

2 to 3 Litre

£17.00

PITTOSPORUM heterophyllum

Small pale yellow fragrant flowers. Dense growth and evergreen

2 to 3 Litre

£17.00

PITTOSPORUM tenuifolium

Green foliage

2 to 3 Litre

£14.50

PITTOSPORUM tenuifolium 'Abbotsbury Gold'

Bright greenish-yellow blotches in the centre of the young leaves which become less distinct on maturity

2 to 3 Litre

£17.00

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PITTOSPORUM tenuifolium 'Atropurpureum'

Green new growth. Leaves then become purplish-brown

2 to 3 Litre

£17.00

PITTOSPORUM tenuifolium 'Bannow Bay'

Kohuhu, Parchment bark

New growth pale green with cream edge, changing to pink in summer, maturing to burgundy over winter.

2 to 3 Litre

£17.00

Large

£35.00

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Available Early Spring 2025
Spring according to the Met office is defined as March 1st - May 31st. Therefore early spring is early March to mid-April. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.