General Description | Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Silver Queen' is a large evergreen shrub with variegated grey-green and creamy-white and infrequent small, dark purple flowers in spring and summer. |
Cultivation | Grow in a sheltered location, in full sun to part shade, in moist, well-drained, fertile soil. |
Pests | Possible problems include: aphids, red spider mite, pittosporum sucker and cushion scale. |
Notable Specimens | RHS Garden Rosemoor, North Devon, England. |
Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
Leaf Description | Alternate, leathery, grey-green with cream-coloured, slightly undulate margins. |
Flower Description | Infrequent, small with 5 dark purple petals. |
Fruit Description | Woody, spherical, splitting to expose seeds surrounded by a sticky pulp. |