If there is a fresh, bright star that can illuminate a garden throughout the year then it is surely the marble-leafed Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Irene Paterson'. This plant, more than any other, catches ...

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Now the leaves are down and the garden looks bare, there is a role for some evergreen trees in providing greenery and to lend an element of solidity. Pittosporum is a fine, small tree for this purpose ...

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