PITTOSPORUM tenuifolium 'TOM THUMB'

Kohuhu 'Tom Thumb', tawhiwhi 'Tom Thumb'

PITTOSPORUM tenuifolium 'TOM THUMB'

Kohuhu 'Tom Thumb', tawhiwhi 'Tom Thumb'

Evergreen compact shrub. Old growth purple black, young growth green.

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Maintenance advice : Pruning is rarely necessary, but can be done, moderately, at the end of winter.
Botanical/Horticultural origin : Horticultural origin : breeder Ross Stuart, Clinton (NZ) 1960
Use group : Mild Climate plants
Height at 10 years : 1 m
Width at 10 years : 1 m
Growth : Slow
Exposure : Sun - Half shade
Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
Shape : rounded, ball, globe
Colour of leaves : Purple
Colour of flowers : Purple
Soil type : Garden soil
Uses : Border

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Dwarf bush, forming a compact and domed plant. Shiny curving leaves, decorative all year round, a dark bronze colour in spring, then purple from summer to winter. The dark green younger shoots will contrast magnificently with the colours of older leaves.Hermaphrodite variety, with little purple-bronze flowers. Seedling selected from P. tenuifolium 'Purpureum'.