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Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Tom Thumb'

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Family: Pittosporaceae
Genus: Pittosporum (pit-oh-SPOR-um) (Info)
Species: tenuifolium (ten-yoo-ih-FOH-lee-um) (Info)
Cultivar: Tom Thumb

Category:
Shrubs

Height:
24-36 in. (60-90 cm)
36-48 in. (90-120 cm)

Spacing:
24-36 in. (60-90 cm)

Hardiness:
USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F)
USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F)

Sun Exposure:
Sun to Partial Shade

Danger:
Unknown - Tell us

Bloom Color:
Dark Purple/Black
Inconspicuous/none

Bloom Time:
Late Spring/Early Summer

Foliage:
Grown for foliage
Evergreen
Burgundy
Shiny/Glossy-Textured

Other details:
Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
Provides winter interest

Soil pH requirements:
5.6 to 6.0 (acidic)
6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic)
6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
7.9 to 8.5 (alkaline)

Patent Information:
Unknown - Tell us

Propagation Methods:
Unknown - Tell us

Seed Collecting:
Unknown - Tell us

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Gardeners' Notes:

Rating	Author	Comment
Positive	wallaby1	On Dec 17, 2005, wallaby1 from Lincoln United Kingdom (Zone 8a) wrote: I bought this from Travena Cross nursery, UK. It was a good sized plant, but still quite young, planted in present spot in 2001 after a year in a pot. It is in a position which gets no sun in winter, and has been through quite hard frosts to at least -9C; being out of the sun when freezing it doesn't thaw often in the day time. This has not done it any harm at all, it was said to be hardy to -6C, but is in a free draining soil. The growth has been quite quick for a dwarf shrub, and I have a clematis Piilu climbing through it, an amazing sight. They are perfectly matched for colour, and the growth of the clematis is slow and ideally suited.
Neutral	Baa	On Aug 23, 2002, Baa wrote: Tom Thumb is a dwarf cultivar of P. tenuifolium and forms a low growing shrub. It's had the high honour of the RHS Award of Garden Merit. The young leaves start out as a light green and turn dark bronze/purple with age. It's best grown in full sun for colour.

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