Plant Database
Harley Botanica Kohuhu
Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Harley Botanica’
Harley Botanica Kohuhu is a vibrant, fast-growing evergreen that provides a brilliant splash of lime-green color. Its new growth emerges a bright, luminous yellow-green, maturing to a lighter green with a contrasting dark edge, creating a lively, bicolor effect. This tall, dense shrub quickly forms an excellent privacy screen or large hedge, all while offering the signature fragrant spring flowers of the species. It's a vigorous and colorful choice for creating bold, fast-filling garden backdrops.
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Vibrant Bicolor Foliage: New leaves are a striking bright lime-yellow, maturing to a lighter green, often with a thin, dark green margin for contrast.
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Fast-Growing & Tall: A vigorous grower that can quickly reach 6-10 feet or more in height and spread, perfect for fast screening.
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Excellent Privacy Screen: Its dense, upright growth habit makes it ideal for tall hedges, windbreaks, or to block unsightly views.
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Adaptable & Tough: Once established, shows good drought tolerance and adapts to a range of soils and exposures.
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Fragrant Spring Blooms: Produces the characteristic sweet-scented, dark purple flowers in spring.