It is a shrub with compact plant shape, round crown and evergreen leaves, which is suitable for designing mixed flower borders to express the taste of the year. Glossy copper-purple leaves are oval with wavy edges. In late spring and early summer, purple florets with honey fragrance bloom. In cold areas, plants should be planted on leeward, warm and sunny walls.

cultivate

It can be planted in fertile soil with good drainage and sufficient water, and can show the best color under full sunlight. In areas prone to freezing injury, it is advisable to choose places that can resist the cold wind. In spring, plants are reshaped, and the shaped plants only need a little pruning.

Lighting conditions

Shading; Sometimes there will be a shady place or a part-time shady place.

soil parameters

The soil is well drained.

Cold tolerance level

Flowers are cold-tolerant plants, which can overwinter outdoors in some areas, suitable places or temperate countries. Except for frost-free areas in winter (such as Dahlia), it is usually planted outdoors in summer.

Plant height crown width

The plant height can reach 1 m and the crown width is 60 cm.

"Tom Thumb" Pittosporum tenuifolia