Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Silver Queen'
Family - Pittosporaceae
Category - Shrub
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Hardiness - H4
Height - 2.5m or more
Width - 2m
Location - The White Garden
Description: A medium to large-sized Evergreen Shrub with a bushy, upright habit. Leathery leaves are oblong to Elliptic in shape and are grey-green with irregular white variegation around the margins. Small bell-shaped flowers are a deep shade of burgundy. The Blooms are held singly or in small clusters and are produced from late spring into early summer. The flowers are inconspicuous and have a light honey scent.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Flower:
Small, inconspicuous bell-shaped flowers are a deep shade of burgundy. The blooms have a light honey fragrance and are held singly or in small clusters in the leaf axils. The flowers are produced in May and June.
Flower colour: Burgundy
Flower shape: Bell-shaped flowers held singly or in small cluster
Flowering time: May, June
Foliage:
Leathery, oblong to Elliptic leaves are grey-green with irregular white variagation around the margins. The leaves are Alternately arranged on slender, black stems.
Foliage Senescence: Evergreen
Foliage Shape: Oblong to elliptic
Propagation:
Cuttings.
Cultivation:
Best in a sheltered position in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.