Pittosporum glabratum Seeds | Glabrous Pittosporum
LATIN NAME: Pittosporum glabratum
COMMON NAME: Glabrous Pittosporum
Plant Profile
Pittosporum glabratum, commonly known as Glabrous Pittosporum, is an evergreen tree in the pittosporum family, native to subtropical woodlands and hillsides across southern China. It likes sun or part shade, and moist, well-drained soil. While it flowers, it feeds a quiet procession of bees and hoverflies. Plants that offer this much while asking this little are rare enough to treasure.
Science & Biotechnology
As part of the pittosporum family, Pittosporum glabratum contributes to research on plant classification and adaptation, while nurseries and gardeners continue to trial it for cultivation. Fragrant flowers of glabrous pittosporum hold a recognised place in research on warm-climate evergreen shrubs of pittosporum family, and glabratum species appears in studies of scent chemistry and light-woodland growth. Because it has been grown for so long, its garden habits are thoroughly documented.
Uses & Benefits
Glabrous Pittosporum brings genuine presence to the garden and earns its keep across the growing season. In warm garden, glabrous pittosporum honeys spring air with cream flowers. Perfume carries on warm air for weeks, orange fruits feed birds, and shrub makes fine hedge and the screen. It grows well in moist, well-drained, sunny or lightly shaded ground. It establishes readily and then requires nothing out of the ordinary.
Pittosporum hedges are fragrant, tough and salt-tolerant; some Asian species appear in folk medicine, but in gardens they are structure plants.
Growing from Seed
Sow fresh seed of Glabrous Pittosporum under ordinary good conditions. Sow the seeds evenly over the surface and cover lightly in a loose, well-drained seed compost, keep the sowing evenly moist, and give the pot or tray partial shade. The seed responds well to a cool, moist stratification period, which helps it break dormancy evenly. Shift the seedlings into small pots as soon as they can be handled, and give them bright light until planting-out time.
Our Take
It comes from subtropical woodlands and hillsides across southern china, which is the best clue to the conditions it enjoys in cultivation. A few weeks of cold, moist stratification before sowing mirrors its natural cycle.
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