Accession Data

Pittosporum tobira 'Variegata'

Common Name: Japanese Pittosporum, Australian Laurel

Family: Pittosporaceae

Country of Origin: E. Asia - China, Japan, Korea.

Description: also: Mock Orange, House Blooming Mock Orange

Shrub or small tree, to 18 feet; leaves obovate, to 4 inches long, thick and leathery, margins revolute; flowers white to lemon-yellow, fragrant, to 1/2 inch long, in many-flowered umbellate clusters; capsule 3-valved, globose, to 1/2 inch diameter, tomentose.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 9-11

Accession #: 198501458

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2301

Quantity: 1

Source: Unknown

Culture: Grow in fertile, well-drained soil and keep moist over summer to maintain the foliage at its best. They need full sun or part-shade, and a sheltered position in colder areas.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid II

Order: Apiales

Family: Pittosporaceae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

Plants For A Future Website Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976 Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version

Images

Pittosporum tobira  'Variegata'