(Download) Pittosporum Golf Ball Elfin
This variety is both heat tolerant and shade tolerant giving you freedom to plant almost anywhere.
Pittosporum golf ball elfin. Pittosporum tenuifolium golf ball is a compact shrub with a rounded shape and bears small pale green leaves. It s ideal for growing against a south facing wall or as a display in its own right in a. Variegated pittosporum can it be pruned now. Contact us about. Pittosporum tenuifolium golf ball pbr. Pittosporum are quick growing easy care screens and hedges with touchable soft foliage that is clamored for in southern north america. A particularly nice form of pittosporum with fresh green glossy foliage that always looks good.
I usually prune my variegated pittosporums in q. An existing new generation of pittosporum golf ball is a vigorous grower yet stays very compact and round with little pruning. This dense formal low maintenance form is ideal in containers or as a low hedge in place of a boxwood. The new cultivar elfin is distinguishable from golf ball by the following characteristics. Pittosporum tenuifolium golf ball plant patent 15 329. The closest comparison cultivars are pittosporum golf ball u s. Pittosporums bloom in spring with inconspicuous dark purple brown flowers that.
A great choice to line a walkway or surround a rose or perennial garden. 15 329 and mountain green not patented. Genus pittosporum are evergreen shrubs or trees with simple leathery leaves and small often fragrant 5 petalled flowers followed by spherical woody fruits splitting to reveal seeds embedded in sticky pulp details golf ball is an evergreen shrub with bright green leaves naturally producing a dense rounded globe up to 1m in diameter. I live in zone 8 or 9 1 1 2 hours north of houston. While generally a low maintenance plant you. Pittosporum golfball has bright mint green glossy leaves with small inconspicuous chocolate purple flowers in late spring early summer. Pittosporum tree half dead i ve just returned from usa having been away since early march to find with horror that my pittosporum tree about q.
Pittosporum tenuifolium is one of the hardiest pittosporums bearing neat evergreen foliage on gorgeous black stems some varieties bear inconspicuous dark purple honey scented flowers. Which pittosporum grows best in. It is a great substitution for the pittosporum tenufolium golf ball as it shares many of the same characteristics. Happiest in sun or part shade and likes well drained fertile soil however is tolerant of less than ideal conditions. Branching freely from its base golfball develops a very dense multi stemmed shape. Provides year round beauty with bright green foliage maintaining a natural rounded shape that seldom needs. Plant pittosporum tenuifolium elfin in well draining soil and water after the soil has dried completely.
Our selection features the extraordinary look of all black stems. The leaves of elfin are 15 mm.