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Pittosporaceae
Australian-laurel
Pittosporum tobira
Also known as Pittosporum, Euonymus tobira, Mock orange, Victorian box
Flowering Plants · Indoor Plants · Native Plants · Pittosporum · Evergreen · Fragrant Flowers · Hedge · Coastal · Container Plant · Indoor Shrub · Low Maintenance · Glossy Leaves · Ornamental
Australian-laurel is an easy-care evergreen shrub valued for its glossy foliage and sweetly fragrant white flowers that appear in spring. It adapts well to coastal conditions, urban pollution, and mild drought once established, making it excellent for hedging, containers, or foundation planting. Feed with a balanced slow-release fertiliser in spring and trim to shape after flowering.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply until it drains from the bottom, then allow the top 1-2 inches of soil to dry before watering again · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7
- Cycle
- Perennial
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Spacing
- 48 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Flowers
- White
- Foliage
- Grey · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Azores, Baleares, California, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, East Aegean Is., Florida, France, Georgia, Hainan, Italy, Japan, Korea, Madeira, Marianas, Nansei-Shoto, North Carolina, Portugal
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda, aspca
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