Pittosporum

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• Fairygirl Posts: 55,117

  January 2022

  Most of them can be pruned, but not all varieties are hardy everywhere, so you'd need to check that it's suitable for your location too if it's one of the less tough ones 

  It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
  
  
  
  I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...

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• Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

  January 2022

  It's fine to prune them.
  I often trim my variegated pittosporum (about 15ft) throughout the summer.
  I once gave it a very hard pruning leaving very few leaves, it did sulk for a season then grew happily away again

  
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• alfharris8 Posts: 513

  January 2022

  Sulk. Ha ha!
  Thanks @Pete.8
  
  

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• KeenOnGreen Posts: 1,831

  January 2022

  Our largest Pittosporum is a Garnetti.  We trim it every year. It’s never shown any signs of stress in even the hardest of Winters (but we are in the South East).  It’s leaves are larger than many of the other varieties.  

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• thevictorian Posts: 1,279

  January 2022

  I walk past one of these everyday and it gets butchered by the hired in gardener (some just don't have a clue), so that twice a year all its leaves are cut off (and I do mean all) leaving a horrible brown mess. I always think that it's finally been killed but it seems to spring back to life over the next few months and looks ok before its hacked again. The last time this was done was late autumn but it's come back quite well already.
  So I wouldn't be that worried by a little sensible pruning when it needs it.

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