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Plant identification - a Pittosporum/Lemonwood?

heath64heath64 Posts: 33
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Hi.  I've recently moved into a new house and am trying to identify some of the plants and shrubs in the garden and would love some help.  Attached are some pictures of a shrub/tree I'm trying to identify. It's approx 5m tall.

The nearest I've got is a Pittosporum/Lemonwood but this is just from google/plantsnap searches using the photos.

Any help much appreciated. Thanks
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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    It is a Pittosporum, but I'm afraid I don't know which one.
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  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    Agree a pittosporum.  You can remove the lower branches to make it more tree-like - mine have been very forgiving of that.
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • heath64heath64 Posts: 33
    Thank you - was wandering if I could print it more tree like as it's taking over so much garden space. Also any rules on when I prune?
  • heath64heath64 Posts: 33
    *meant prune it more tree like

  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    edited February 2022
    I would prune it next month.  I was quite brutal with mine and lopped all the lower branches off in one go without any harm coming to it.  In fact it has some more growth from low down which I haven't cut off yet.  Waiting for summer to use those prunings in floral arrangements.
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • heath64heath64 Posts: 33
    *and wondering rather than wandering  :#
  • KeenOnGreenKeenOnGreen Posts: 1,831
    Pittosporums usually grow from multiple trunks at the base. Don't feel like you need to have one single trunk, in order to create a standard tree.  This is a Pittosporum we used to have in our garden which had multiple trunks from the base, but whose canopy had been raised to make it look like a tree, rather than a bushy shrub.


  • heath64heath64 Posts: 33
    Thank you for sharing the pic - it's really useful and looks really good with the multi stems. Thank you
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    If you can put on some googles and get right in to see which branches to keep and which to prune. Take your time, stand back now and then to check you have an even shape. Feed well. I am amazed just how big it has grown, in my garden it might not survive a cold wet winter. I think you will be pleased with the results, you will open up a whole new planting are underneath.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    I have two and both are multistemmed.  I love them as they are evergreen, but light coloured. And they are withstanding the current winds!
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
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