| Description | Lonicera nitida
Fast growing, fine leaf box hedging and topiary plant with a defined edge.
• Get your box hedge or topiary twice as fast!
• Responds very well to pruning, becoming beautifully dense
• Tolerates very poor soils and hot conditions | Pittosporum tenuifolium Screen Between
A variety of the ever popular Pittosporum, Screen Between is a particularly dense variety bred purely for hedging!
• Requires minimal pruning and maintenance
• Likes full sun and partial shade
• Tolerates average soils, growing best in well drained loamy soil
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| Content | BoxOz Lonicera has been specially developed by Chris, and is our exclusive hedging plant. It has a deeper green foliage, a denser finish and more clearly defined shape than the traditional English Box.
BoxOz Lonicera is the best plant with which to create your perfect hedge or border as it grows quickly and once your hedge has developed its easy to maintain with only a few trimmings a year. New shoots are soft and easy to cut and trimming is an effortless relaxing experience.
Some traditional hedging plants grow only an inch or two a year. BoxOz Lonicera will produce a calf high border in under twelve months, a knee high hedge in around 18 months, and a waist high hedge in 30 months. Almost any soil is suitable, as long as it is not too swampy. Fertilise your BoxOz Lonicera occasionally with a complete fertiliser, and water as required. | | |
| Additional information |
| height-x-width |
Up to 1.2 metres, or trimmed lower
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| planting-distance |
For border: 5 per metre For dense bushy hedge or border
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| features |
Small attractive deep green leaves, fast growing
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| conditions |
Full sun to part shade in well drained soil, trim regularly to promote bushy growth and maintain formal shape
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| landscape-use |
Hedges, borders and topiary
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| Sunshine |
Full Sun, Part Shade
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| Fertilise Me |
November, October, September
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| Fertilizer Frequency |
Annually
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| Flowering |
No
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| Fragrance |
None
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| Fruit / Seed |
No
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| Growth Speed |
Fast
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| Leaf Drop |
Evergreen
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| Origin |
New Zealand
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| Other Common Names |
Kohuhu, Tawhiwhi
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| pH |
Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
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| Plant Type |
Shrub
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| Soil Type |
Loam, Loamy – Clay, Sandy – Loam, Well drained
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| Tolerances |
Pollution Tolerant, Poor Soil Tolerant, Frost Tolerant, Salt Tolerant, Heat Tolerant, Drought Tolerant
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| Water Requirement |
Low
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| Max Height |
3m
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| Max Width |
1.5m
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| Toxic To |
Non-toxic
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| Prune Me |
3-5 times a year
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| Planting Distance |
1 per metre
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| Size Maintained at |
1.5m
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| Uses |
Hedging & Screening
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| Foliage Colour |
Green
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| Botanical Name |
Pittosporum tenuifolium Screen Between PBR
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