Pittosporum tenuifolium is native to New Zealand therefore it has a very wide range of common names depending on the country where it is used. Also depending on the cultivar the plant looks different. The flowers are usually unnoticeable because of their very dark reddish-purple colour and they are scented only at night.
This plant was found in Fletcher Moss in Manchester in an early winter therefore it did not have any flowers in this season. The deciduous shrub was growing at the entrance to a building and looked to be in good condition. The leaves were quite broad and rounded with gentle spiky ends, they were pale green with white uneven 'borders' around the edges. Very attractive features of the plant are the dark stems which in this case are hardly visible because of densely growing foliage. It looked like the shrub had a very limited space for the roots to grow however it still managed to develop such a dense coverage.
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