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Pittosporum heterophyllum

Pittosporum heterophyllum
Photo: A. Barra, CC BY 3.0
Family
Pittosporaceae (Pittospor family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SE. Tibet to China (Sichuan, N. Yunnan)
Climate
temperate

About

Pittosporum heterophyllum, commonly known as Chinese Pittosporum, is a species of plant in the genus Pittosporum. Native to China and Tibet, it is a broadleaf evergreen shrub that grows to a maximum of 8–10 feet (2.4–3.0 m) tall. It has long been grown in gardens ornamentally, especially as a hedge or screen, in temperate gardens for its densely packed green foliage and the fragrant white to yellow flowers it produces in spring. As a landscaping plant, it is known for being more cold hardy than Pittosporum tobira and can be grown in hardiness zones 7-9 on the USDA scale.

Other Pittosporum plants

Pittosporum aliferum · Weeping Pittosporum · Pittosporum artense · Banyalla · Pittosporum brevispinum · Pittosporum ceylanicum · Pittosporum coccineum · Pittosporum collinum · Madeira Pittosporum · Perching Kohukohu · Stiffleaf cheesewood · Dalls Pittosporum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pittosporum heterophyllum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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