| Description | Prunus avium 'Stella'
Stella Cherry trees have dark red heart shaped fruit with a delicious sweet flavour. They’re a popular home garden variety with fruit ripening in mid December. Expect your first fruit when the plant is around 3 years old. It requires a full sun position with protection from wind but does not require a cross pollinator to bear fruit.
While Stella Cherry trees are self pollinating, it’s good to plant more than one variety to ensure they put out a good crop of fruit and to extend the fruiting season. Don’t forget to net your cherry trees. The “avium” in their name is latin for BIRD, for a reason you can probably guess.
This plant is bare-rooted. Click here for more info on bare rooted plants. | Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Silver Sheen’
Pittosporum ‘Silver Sheen’ is a lovely evergreen screening plant, the silvery-green leaves give it a unique shimmering effect.
• Perfect hedging & screening shrub with indiscreet flowers
• Tolerates light frost, coastal conditions and full sun positions
• Can be grown in narrow spaces
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Pittosporum Silver Sheen is an appealing Pittosporum with blackish stems and very small, silvery-green leaves which give the plant a shimmering effect.
Silver Sheen is fast growing and is ideal for screening and hedging. It can grow in coastal areas and tolerates frost and is suitable for growing in containers. Plant one per metre for a hedge or screen.
Silver Sheen Pittosporums are perfect for creating a quick privacy solution. Growable just about anywhere and will tolerate just about any kind of condition (frost included), they is one of the best all rounders for making a hedge, border or even topiary if you wish.
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| Additional information | |
| Sunshine |
Full Sun, Part Shade
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| Botanical Name |
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Silver Sheen'
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| Fertilise Me |
November, October, September
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| Fertilizer Frequency |
When needed
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| Flowering |
No
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| Foliage Colour |
Grey-Green
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| Fragrance |
None
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| Fruit / Seed |
No
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| Growth Speed |
Fast
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| Max Height |
4m
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| Uses |
Fenceline, Hedging & Screening
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| Leaf Drop |
Evergreen
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| Size Maintained at |
2m
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| Origin |
New Zealand
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| Other Common Names |
Kohuhu, Tawhiwhi
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| pH |
Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
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| Plant Type |
Shrub
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| Planting Distance |
1 per metre
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| Prune Me |
3-5 times a year
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| Soil Type |
Loam, Loamy – Clay, Sandy – Loam, Well drained
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| Tolerances |
Pollution Tolerant, Poor Soil Tolerant, Frost Tolerant, Salt Tolerant, Heat Tolerant, Drought Tolerant
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| Toxic To |
Non-toxic
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| Water Requirement |
Low
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| Max Width |
3m
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