Pittosporum tenuifolium
(Kohuhu, Black Matipo)
Pittosporum tenuifolium
(Kohuhu, Black Matipo)
Details:
| Foliage Colour: | Green |
| Growth Rate: | Fast |
| Mature Height: | 6 m |
| Mature Width: | 3 m |
| Site Condition: | Coastal, Exposed, Frost Tolerant, Heavy Soil, Loamy Soil, Sandy Soil, Salty, Windy |
| Sun: | Full Sun, Part Shade |
| Drainage: | Dry, Moist |
| Category: | Tree |
| Features: | Native. Suitable for hedging or shelter. Attractive to birds, insects and bees. Flower colour: Black. Fruit colour: Black. Suitable restoration species. |
Pittosporum tenuifolium, Kohuhu, commonly called Black Matipo, is endemic and widespread throughout New Zealand. It is an extremely popular, adaptable and fast growing. Shiny light-green foliage with wavy margins and reddish brown branchlets. Fragrant dark red flowers in spring. Excellent plant for hedging and shelter. Tolerates wind, drought, frost, coastal conditions. A key species for forest revegetation and also a useful riparian edge plant. Kōhūhū grows particularly quickly at forest edges located at the bottom of high terraces. Sun or shade. Hardy. Evergreen.
The flowers’ colour ranges from dark-red to dark-purple turning almost black as the flowers age. Nectar fills the flowers. The flowers exude a honey-scented fragrance in the evenings with the scent being more obvious in slightly damp conditions. This attracts moths and night-flying insects, New Zealand’s indigenous pollinators. Fertilised flowers develop into small fruits that blacken as they ripen.
Habitat: A small tree of coastal to montane shrubland and forested habitats. Preferring successional habitats.
Flowering: Spring - Summer [October - January]
Fruiting: Autumn [February - May]
Tags: ErosionControl, Rongoa
Prices
| Each | 20 or more | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.5l Pot | $7.50 | $7.00 |
