Wheeler's Dwarf Japanese Mock Orange
Pittosporum tobira 'Wheeler's Dwarf'
Miniature rounded shrub perfect as a low border, groundcover or container specimen. Prized for its dense, compact growth and glossy evergreen foliage. Produces small orange-blossom scented flowers occasionally. Requires little maintenance.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | pit-o-SPOH-rum to-BY-ra |
| Key feature: | Easy Care Plant |
| Plant type: | Shrub |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 8 - 11 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 8 - 24 |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate grower to 2 to 3 ft. tall, 4 to 5 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Growth habit: | Compact |
| Flower attributes: | Fragrant, Showy Flowers |
| Special features: | Dwarf Plant, Easy Care |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Hedge, Seacoast Exposure, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Spring |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 6600 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. For a tidy, neat appearance, shear annually to shape. Pruning time: winter.
Design Ideas
In milder climates this is one of the most useful low-growing shrubs available. Plant it as a single specimen or in small groups. Short stature makes an ideal foundation planting under windows. With its spreading, dense foliage, it is also a great groundcover or filler beneath tree canopies, or between taller shrubs. Rich green color gives vibrancy to tropical plantings or Asian schemes. Use in a formal garden as edging or short hedges clipped into rigid forms. Also great in planter islands inside circular driveways where it will tolerate the reflected heat.
Miniature rounded shrub perfect as a low border, groundcover or container specimen. Prized for its dense, compact growth and glossy evergreen foliage. Produces small orange-blossom scented flowers occasionally. Requires little maintenance.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. For a tidy, neat appearance, shear annually to shape. Pruning time: winter.
Design Ideas
In milder climates this is one of the most useful low-growing shrubs available. Plant it as a single specimen or in small groups. Short stature makes an ideal foundation planting under windows. With its spreading, dense foliage, it is also a great groundcover or filler beneath tree canopies, or between taller shrubs. Rich green color gives vibrancy to tropical plantings or Asian schemes. Use in a formal garden as edging or short hedges clipped into rigid forms. Also great in planter islands inside circular driveways where it will tolerate the reflected heat.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | pit-o-SPOH-rum to-BY-ra |
| Key feature: | Easy Care Plant |
| Plant type: | Shrub |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 8 - 11 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 8 - 24 |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate grower to 2 to 3 ft. tall, 4 to 5 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Growth habit: | Compact |
| Flower attributes: | Fragrant, Showy Flowers |
| Special features: | Dwarf Plant, Easy Care |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Hedge, Seacoast Exposure, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Spring |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 6600 |
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