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Plant ID and care

riki-leigh295riki-leigh295 Posts: 21
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Can anyone tell me what this is? And how I can tidy it up a bit without damaging it please. 

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  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    Are the leaves evergreen? I'm trying to work out the scale. I reckon it's a Pittosporum shrub and many will be fine with pruning lightly or severely from late spring onwards.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Could it be a Griselinia?
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Mrs-B3-Southampton,-HantsMrs-B3-Southampton,-Hants Posts: 732
    Lyn said:
    Could it be a Griselinia?

    I agree.
    Southampton 
  • riki-leigh295riki-leigh295 Posts: 21
    I’m not too sure if it’s evergreen as I only moved into the house a week ago, if it is a Griselinia would I be able to cut it back and shape it a little bit? 
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Some info here, details of pruning about three quarters of the way down  :)

    https://greenwoodplants.co.uk/focus-on-griselinia-littoralis/
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    It’s usually grown as a hedging plant, similar in looks to a laurel hedge so I assume it can be cut back in the same fashion.
    its used a lot in Cornwall for hedging where it’s warmer, it wouldn’t  do well in my windy exposed garden. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • riki-leigh295riki-leigh295 Posts: 21
    Amazing thankyou! 
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