Other Names:  Japanese Pittosporum

Description:

A wonderful, tough and cold hardy variety that grows tall and wide; emerging foliage is yellow-green, maturing to a dark shiny green; fragrant, white to yellow flowers in spring; perfect as a hedge, or accent in the garden or landscape

Ornamental Features

Tall And Tough Mock Orange features showy clusters of fragrant white star-shaped flowers at the ends of the branches from mid to late spring. It has attractive dark green evergreen foliage which emerges chartreuse in spring. The glossy narrow leaves are highly ornamental and remain dark green throughout the winter.

Landscape Attributes

Tall And Tough Mock Orange is a dense multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a more or less rounded form. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and can be pruned at anytime. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Tall And Tough Mock Orange is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Accent
• Mass Planting
• Hedges/Screening
• General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Tall And Tough Mock Orange will grow to be about 10 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 10 feet. It has a low canopy, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 40 years or more.

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH, and is able to handle environmental salt. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.