Common Name: Golf Ball Pittosporum
Description:
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Golf Ball' is a compact, evergreen shrub prized for its naturally rounded growth habit and dense, fine-textured, bright green foliage. This low-maintenance variety requires minimal pruning to maintain its tidy, ball-like shape, making it an excellent alternative to traditional box hedging. In spring and early summer, small, dark purple, honey-scented flowers appear, adding seasonal interest and attracting bees. Thriving in Melbourne’s climate, 'Golf Ball' is highly adaptable, tolerating drought, frost, coastal conditions, and urban pollution once established. It is ideal for low hedging, borders, topiary, mass planting, and growing in pots.
Form:
- Shrub - Small
Mature Size:
- Height: 0.8 - 1m
- Width: 0.8 - 1m
Aspect:
- Full Sun
- Part Shade
Flowering:
- Flowers in Spring
- Flowers in Summer
Flower Colour:
- Dark Purple
Key Attributes:
- Suitable for Pots
- Suitable for Hedging
- Suitable for Topiary
- Drought Tolerant once established
- Frost Tolerant
- Coastal Tolerant
- Low Maintenance
- Bee Attracting
Toxicity:
- Non-toxic to humans and pets
Companion Plants:
- Buxus microphylla (Japanese Box)
- Lavandula (Lavender)
- Salvia species
- Liriope muscari (Lilyturf)
- Camellia sasanqua (Sasanqua Camellia)
