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Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Silver Sheen' (Silver Sheen Kohuhu) – A fast growing evergreen upright shrub that can grow upwards to 12-15 feet tall (with age to at least 20 ft) with small oval flat silver-green leaves held on thin reddish black branches – the small leaves start uniformly round and elongate with age and the very dark reddish pruple male flowers are not often seen.
Plant in full coastal sun in cooler bay area garden or part shade elsewhere, with occasional watering. Tolerant of windy and near seaside conditionsA very showy and dramatic looking plant when the silver highlights in the leaves catch morning and afternoon light. This is further enhanced if a gentle breeze causes the branches to move, making the plant shimmer.
While this cultivar has notably more open habit and smaller leaves than the species, shearing can keep it dense and we have seen long lived plantings maintained as dense narrow formal hedge from 3 to 6 feet tall with regular tip-pruning. Has proven a problematic in full sun locations in hotter inland locations with summer heat and during the warm summer of 2015 and has even shown stress in coastal climates so we are currently recommending this shrub only be used in part sun locations, even in coastal Southern California gardens. For more information about this species, see our listing for Pittosporum tenuifolium.
The information displayed on this page about Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Silver Sheen' is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.
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