Plant Database
Variegated Japanese Mock Orange
Pittosporum tobira ‘Variegata’
Variegated Japanese Mock Orange is a standout medium-sized shrub that brightens the landscape with its elegant, gray-green leaves edged in creamy white. It offers the perfect combination of ornamental foliage and the famously sweet, orange-blossom fragrance of its spring flowers. More compact and slower-growing than the species, it forms a dense, rounded mound that is perfect for creating a fragrant, variegated screen, a stunning specimen, or a light-reflecting backdrop in mixed borders.
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Elegant Cream-Variegated Foliage: Features thick, leathery leaves in soft gray-green with an irregular creamy-white margin, providing year-round brightness.
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Highly Fragrant Blooms: Produces abundant clusters of small, white flowers with an intense, sweet citrus fragrance in late spring.
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Dense, Rounded Habit: Grows into a full, dense, and rounded shrub, reaching 5-10 feet tall and wide over time.
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Coastal & Drought Tolerant: Well-adapted to seaside conditions, salt spray, and drought once its root system is established.
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Versatile Focal Point: Excellent as a standalone specimen, fragrant informal hedge, or for adding light to foundation plantings.