PITTOSPORUM tenuifolium 'Silver Ball'

Kohuhu/tawhiwhi 'Silver Ball'

PITTOSPORUM tenuifolium 'Silver Ball'

Kohuhu/tawhiwhi 'Silver Ball'

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  • Maintenance advice : Pruning is rarely necessary but can be moderately done at the end of winter.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Horticultural origin : breeders Rachelle & Mark Fyfe, Hastings (NZ)
  • Use group : Mild Climate plants
  • Height at 10 years : 1 m
  • Width at 10 years : 1 m
  • Growth : Slow
  • Fragrance : Yes
  • Exposure : Sun - Half shade
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
  • Shape : rounded, ball, globe
  • Colour of leaves : Silver grey
  • Colour of flowers : Purple
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Border
  • Publisher : SAPHO
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This evergreen plant has little silvery, olive-green glazed leaves and grows naturally into a spherical form without pruning. An interesting alternative to Boxwood, with compact vegetation and well ramified. Discreet and perfumed, chocolate-purple flowers appear in May-June. In a well drained soil, tolerates temperatures down to 7-11°C in winter. Resistant to sea spray and drought.