Pittosporum cornifolium
Tawhirikaro
Pittosporum cornifolium, known as tāwhiri karo, is a species of plant in the Pittosporaceae family. It is an epiphytic plant endemic to the North Island and the Marlborough Sounds of the South Island. In the wild it is considered rare and threatened, although it occurs more frequently on offshore islands in the north-east. Also grows well as a ground plant and is a popular garden ornamental with two recognised cultivars.
Shrub often growing on other trees with whorls of thin twigs bearing whorls of oval pointed leaves and reddish flowers on long stalks. Fruit a capsule, 1.5cm wide, splits into two to display black seeds in an orange pith.
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Habitat:
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Suits temperate conditions.
Suits coastal conditions.
Sunlight:
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Prefers full sun.
Application:
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Use in single specimen amenity plantings.
Use in revegetation plantings.
Size:
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Mature: diameter 1m x height 2m
Planting centres: 1m
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Tawhirikaro
Pittosporum cornifolium, known as tāwhiri karo, is a species of plant in the Pittosporaceae family. It is an epiphytic plant endemic to the North Island and the Marlborough Sounds of the South Island. In the wild it is considered rare and threatened, although it occurs more frequently on offshore islands in the north-east. Also grows well as a ground plant and is a popular garden ornamental with two recognised cultivars.
Shrub often growing on other trees with whorls of thin twigs bearing whorls of oval pointed leaves and reddish flowers on long stalks. Fruit a capsule, 1.5cm wide, splits into two to display black seeds in an orange pith.
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Habitat:
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Suits temperate conditions.
Suits coastal conditions.
Sunlight:
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Prefers full sun.
Application:
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Use in single specimen amenity plantings.
Use in revegetation plantings.
Size:
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Mature: diameter 1m x height 2m
Planting centres: 1m
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Tawhirikaro
Pittosporum cornifolium, known as tāwhiri karo, is a species of plant in the Pittosporaceae family. It is an epiphytic plant endemic to the North Island and the Marlborough Sounds of the South Island. In the wild it is considered rare and threatened, although it occurs more frequently on offshore islands in the north-east. Also grows well as a ground plant and is a popular garden ornamental with two recognised cultivars.
Shrub often growing on other trees with whorls of thin twigs bearing whorls of oval pointed leaves and reddish flowers on long stalks. Fruit a capsule, 1.5cm wide, splits into two to display black seeds in an orange pith.
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Habitat:
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Suits temperate conditions.
Suits coastal conditions.
Sunlight:
–––––––––--
Prefers full sun.
Application:
–––––––––--
Use in single specimen amenity plantings.
Use in revegetation plantings.
Size:
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Mature: diameter 1m x height 2m
Planting centres: 1m
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