A LITTLE MORE LIFE
Hōʻawa
Pittosporum confertiflorum
Textured native foliage provides an evergreen focal point or screen.
MAKE IT FEEL AT HOME
A spot to thrive.
Size and water needs depend on the plant's origin; ask a local grower for a form suited to your site.
- Sunlight
- Part sun & shade
- Soil moisture
- Dry soil
- Mature size
- 2–50 ft tall, by form · 10+ ft wide
- Season of interest
- Evergreen foliage
- Local climate
- Choose by island, elevation, and rainfall.
- Garden role
- A textured evergreen screen
ONE GOOD SWAP
Instead of japanese pittosporum.
Pittosporum tobira
Try hōʻawa for a textured evergreen screen.
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Photo credits & licenses
Hōʻawa: Forest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0
Japanese pittosporum: skdavidson · CC BY-SA 2.5
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