| Description | Lotus berthelotii
Also known as Parrot's beak, trailing lotus is a creeping or trailing sunloving groundcover with conifer like foliage and bright beak shaped flowers in spring and summer. Great for rockeries and borders, pots and hanging baskets where it can trail and show off its flowers. Mature growth: 25cm x 35cm
4''/10m pot | 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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| 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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