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Products > Pittosporum tobira 'Wheeler's Dwarf'   Pittosporum tobira 'Wheeler's Dwarf' - Dwarf Mock Orange Note: This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.     Habit and Cultural Information Category: Shrub Family: Pittosporaceae (Pittosporums) Origin: China (Asia) Evergreen: Yes Yellow/Chartreuse Foliage: Yes Flower Color: White Bloomtime: Spring Fragrant Flowers: Yes Synonyms: [Pittosporum tobira 'Wheeleri'] Height: 3-4 feet Width: 4-5 feet Exposure: Sun or Shade Summer Dry: Yes Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 10-15° F May be Poisonous  (More Info): Yes Pittosporum tobira 'Wheeler's Dwarf' (Dwarf Mock Orange) - A dense low growing variety of P. tobira. Grows to 3-4 feet tall and wider with same rich green foliage as the species. Unlike the species this cultivar rarely produces flowers or fruit. A very adaptable shrub that will tolerate seaside conditions, inland heat and alkaline soils. Plant in full sun or shade although plants may sunburn in hot inland exposures. Hardy to 10-15° F (severely damaged at 10° F). Good for low border or possibly a large scale groundcover. Does poorly in overly wet or poor draining soils. Prune only if plant becomes too large as continuous pruning ruins shape. Best pruned in late winter. Unfortunately in recent years we have seen severe girdling of this plant in the Santa Barbara area that is caused by rodents feeding on the stems – it must taste really good to them! Pittosporum tobira 'Wheeler's Dwarf' was the result of a chance seedling of Pittosporum tobira from seed sowed by Carl Wheeler in 1951 at Wheeler's Central Georgia Nurseries in Macon Georgia. The plant was introduced in 1968 and first described in 1969 in Arnoldia 29:6. It is known in Australia as 'Miss Muffett. For more information about the species see our listing of Pittosporum tobira.  The information on this page is based on the research that we have conducted about this plant in the San Marcos Growers library, from what we have found on reliable online sources, as well as from observations made of our crops of this plant growing in the nursery and of plants growing in the nursery's garden and those in other gardens where we may have observed it. We also have incorporated comments received from others and welcome getting feedback from those who may have additional information, particularly if this information includes cultural information that would aid others in growing Pittosporum tobira 'Wheeler's Dwarf'.