Other Names:  Japanese Pittosporum

Description:

A vigorous, bushy variety featuring white emerging foliage that slowly matures to dark green; very fragrant, creamy white flowers in spring have an orange blossom aroma; perfect as a low hedge, or accent in the garden

Ornamental Features

Spring Bouquet Mock Orange has attractive dark green foliage with hints of chartreuse which emerges white in spring on a plant with a round habit of growth. The glossy oval leaves are highly ornamental and remain dark green throughout the winter. It features subtle clusters of fragrant creamy white star-shaped flowers at the ends of the branches from late spring to early summer.

Landscape Attributes

Spring Bouquet 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.

Spring Bouquet Mock Orange is recommended for the following landscape applications;

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

Planting & Growing

Spring Bouquet Mock Orange will grow to be about 8 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 7 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. This plant should not require much in the way of fertilizing once established, although it may appreciate a shot of general-purpose fertilizer from time to time early in the growing season. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.