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Pittosporum from seed
Woodgreen wonderboy
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Has anyone propagated Pittosporum from seed. I have seeds on my plants this year. Some websites say it is simple, others involve "boiling Kettles" and 75 deg. F. !!!
Practical advice would be much appreciated.
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what kind of pittosporum?
the one I have in the Languedoc selfseeds readily - it has leaves a bit like a smaller rhododendron and wonderful creamy heavily scented flowers.
Hi WW
If you use fresh seeds you shouldn't need to employ dormancy breaking tricks.
I'd sow some warm and some to chill outside. One (or both) should go.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thanks Nut, sound as ever. Not sure which variety GG, but the word " tenufolium" is nagging me from the depths of my mind ( about an inch and a half if you must know). I don't tend to keep labels for a variety of reasons, so I lose track of the details.
To describe it , it is now a large upright bush, about 7 or 8 feet tall with small mid green leaves. the seeds are in capsules about the size of a pea ( the capsule that is) and the seeds are in a very sticky goo.
The branches are great for the foliage effect in flower arrangements.