Pittosporum tobira /Pittosporum

Large mature mounding specimen shrub
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Scientific Name:	Pittosporum tobira
Common Name:	Pittosporum
Plant Type:	Evergreen
Leaf Type:	Broadleaf
Hardiness Zone:	8, 9 Determine Your Zone
Height:	8-10 feet
Spread:	10 - 15 feet
Bloom time:	Spring
Flower color:	White
Fruit present:	Fall
Fruit color:	Red, Brown
Light Exposure:	Sun, Part Sun
Drainage:	Well drained, Moist,
Rate of Growth:	Moderate
Water Requirement:	Medium
Maintenance Level:	Low
Susceptible to insects and diseases:	No

Comments:	Excellent, dense, evergreen, mounding shrub that is hardy throughout the lower South. It has creamy white, fragrant flowers in spring which are followed by hard brown fruit in the fall that split open to reveal red seeds. Use as a specimen, barrier or screen.