Pittosporum tobira nana 21 cm. Shrubby plant, has alternate, leathery leaves, with smooth margins.

Presentation: Liters: 5 Height: 30/50 H Container: 21 Cm

Scientific name: Pittosporum Tobira Nana

Popular names: Pittosporum nana

Family: Pitosporáceas.

Origin: Asia and Oceania.

Characteristics: Shrubby plant, it has alternate, leathery leaves, with a smooth margin. The flowers are bell-shaped or tubular, gathered in inflorescences or solitary.

Flowering: Flowering from spring to early summer.

Fruit: The fruits are capsules and contain a seed surrounded by a resinous substance.

Multiplication: By semi-woody cuttings obtained in the second half of spring.

Adult plant size: It can reach 3 meters in height.

Lighting: direct sun.

Temperature: They resist up to -10ºC.

Transplant: They are transplanted in spring

Soil: Fertile and well drained.

Irrigation: In full ground it is necessary only for young plants, after their definitive planting, adult plants withstand drought well. For potted plants it is necessary to always keep the substrate slightly damp.

Subscriber: To fertilize with liquid fertilizer for green plants.

Pruning: Eliminate dry or deteriorated branches.

Diseases: Sometimes they can present colonies of mealybugs.