Pittosporum - A taste of Honey
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 9:32 am
All the Pittos are in full flower at present and the scent pervades the whole garden, shame the flowers are not more eye catching. Below is the cultivar 'Elizabeth'
Pittosporum Elizabeth by charliepridham, on Flickr
Whenever I go to somewhere like Burncoose nursery I am tempted by the larger leaved species of these evergreen shrubs but they all seem to succumb in winter, they obviously need more overhead frost protection than I can give them.
The cultivar Irene Pattison has a lovely pattern on the leaves and doesn't get as large as some of the others
Pittosporum Irene Pattison by charliepridham, on Flickr
Picked this one up at the Duchey Nursery many years ago in their sick Bay for 50p
Pittosporum Elizabeth by charliepridham, on FlickrWhenever I go to somewhere like Burncoose nursery I am tempted by the larger leaved species of these evergreen shrubs but they all seem to succumb in winter, they obviously need more overhead frost protection than I can give them.
The cultivar Irene Pattison has a lovely pattern on the leaves and doesn't get as large as some of the others
Pittosporum Irene Pattison by charliepridham, on FlickrPicked this one up at the Duchey Nursery many years ago in their sick Bay for 50p