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- Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Purpureum' (m)
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Purpureum' (m)
tawhiwhi 'Purpureum'
Open, evergreen shrub about 3m tall and 1.5m wide, with pale green, wavy-margined, glossy, new spring leaves, gradually changing in colour to deep bronze-purple. Small, honey-scented, bell-shaped dark purple flowers are produced in clusters, from early summer
- Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Silver Magic' (v)
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Silver Magic' (v)
tawhiwhi 'Silver Magic'
'Silver Magic' is an erect, bushy, evergreen shrub, to 4m tall, with small, almost flat, silvery-green leaves with a creamy-yellow margin flushed pale pink. Small, lightly-scented, dark purple flowers are borne in late spring and early summer
- Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Irene Paterson' (m/v)
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Irene Paterson' (m/v)
tawhiwhi 'Irene Paterson'
A slow-growing evergreen shrub to 1.5m tall or more, with purplish stems bearing rounded, wavy-margined leaves opening white, then becoming dark green, speckled and mottled between the veins with white, often tinged pink in winter, and tiny, fragrant deep purple flowers produced rather sparsely from late spring
- Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Tresederi' (f/m)
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Tresederi' (f/m)
tawhiwhi 'Tresederi'
- Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Silver Sheen' (m)
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Silver Sheen' (m)
tawhiwhi 'Silver Sheen'
'Silver Sheen' is a columnar, fairly open-growing large shrub or small tree, up to 5m high, with dark reddish-purple stems, and very small, pale green ovate leaves with a greyish-silver sheen. Male, scented, dark brown-maroon flowers appear in late spring or early summer
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