Pittosporum tenuifolium 'County Park Dwarf'

Plant type

shrub

size

H: 4'-5'
W: 5'

planting zones

7b-10b

Pittosporum tenuifolium 'County Park Dwarf' plant details

Pittosporum tenuifolium 'County Park Dwarf' is a broadleaf evergreen shrub with burgundy foliage. In spring purple flowers emerge. Grows well with bright shade and regular water. Does well in lean and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Pittosporum tenuifolium 'County Park Dwarf'

Plant type: shrub
Plant family: pittosporaceae
Foliage: evergreen burgundy
Mature size: 5 FT wide, 4 FT - 5 FT - tall
Flowers: purple blooms in spring
Uses: wavy leaves, year round interest

GROWING CONDITIONS for Pittosporum tenuifolium 'County Park Dwarf'

USDA Zones: 7b - 10b
Sun exposure: bright shade
Watering frequency: regular

Soil needs: lean and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Introduced by the United Kingdom's famed County Park Nursery, the source of many a wonderful new plant, this is a newer version of a more old fashioned cultivar, Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Tom Thumb'. To 4-5 ft, with a densely mounding habit and 3 in, ever-so-slightly ruffled burgundy leaves adorned with the typical deep purple flowers that are difficult to see amid the foliage but can certainly be found by the fragrance of carnations in early to mid spring. Pittosporum tenuifolium 'County Park Dwarf' has proven several degrees hardier to frost than P. t 'Tom Thumb' and has maintained, at least so far, a somewhat more compact habit in our garden. Regular water; leanish soil; bright light for best color. Fabulous container plant. Frost hardy in upper USDA zone 7 if protected from freezing winds.