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Pittosporum hedge

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  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    All the sausage-shaped hedges you can see here (Wisley again) are P. 'Collaig Silver'.


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  • fluviafluvia Posts: 48
    @Pete.8 that's one big tree. Looks amazing!

    Thanks @LG_ great to see an example in hedge form
  • ddo101ddo101 Posts: 31
    Pete.8 said:
    Pittosporum do make very good hedging plants and respond well to pruning.
    Some use them instead of box due to the problem with box blight
    @p@"Pete.8" I intend to plant a hedge using Pittosporum wrinkled blue. What would you suggest for spacing? They are 3L pots, but quite tall (80cm-100cm). Thanks.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    I saw a Pittosporum recently growing in a large pot. It had been crown lifted and the lower stems were a soft grey colour, something I had never noticed before. I looked for a label but couldn't find one sadly. 
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    ddo101 said:
    Pete.8 said:
    Pittosporum do make very good hedging plants and respond well to pruning.
    Some use them instead of box due to the problem with box blight
    @p@"Pete.8" I intend to plant a hedge using Pittosporum wrinkled blue. What would you suggest for spacing? They are 3L pots, but quite tall (80cm-100cm). Thanks.
    I don't really know - Pittosporum wrinkled blue isn't a plant I've grown.
    My Golf Ball only get to about 1m wide and high and mine are almost touching now after 18 months and are planted 1.3m apart. Mine were in 3L pots when I bought them.
    I'd think about 1m apart would give a decent hedge.
    If you wanted a thicker hedge plant a bit closer.

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  • Arthur1Arthur1 Posts: 542
    Makes a beautiful hedge in the right place. Here in the W Midlands, the winter of 2010/2011 killed every Pittosporum on our Estate.
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