Pittosporum has dense branches and leaves, a spherical crown and lower branches covering the ground. The night is dark green and sparkling. After winter, the flowers in early summer are beautiful and fragrant, and the red seeds are exposed when the fruits are ripe and cracked in autumn, which is also quite beautiful.
Gardens in the Yangtze River valley and its south area are widely used for cultivation and appreciation.
Usually used as building materials for foundation planting and hedges, it is planted alone, clustered on the edge of lawn, forest edge or opposite the door, and can also be planted on the roadside.
You can also watch it in potted plants.
Pittosporum is an evergreen shrub or small tree with a spherical shape.
Leaves alternate or whorled, thick leathery, obovate, blunt at the apex, smooth and hairless, with curled edges, green and shiny surface, pale back and light yellow new leaves.
Small white flowers bloom from April to May.
The fruit is spherical, green at first, then yellow, and cracks when it matures, exposing red seeds with mucus.
Pittosporum is a subtropical tree species.
Like light, a little tolerant of shade.
I like warm and humid climate, and my cold tolerance is not strong.
The requirements for soil are not strict, and clay, sandy soil and mild saline-alkali soil can adapt to it and are more drought-tolerant.
Strong germination, pruning resistance, can be trimmed into various geometric shapes.
It is advisable to carry out plastic pruning in June, because at this time, the buds are vigorous and new branches can grow.
If pruned in autumn, the new branches have stopped growing and germinated slowly, which will weaken the growth potential of trees.
In summer, we should try our best to prevent puffiness.