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The strain Chris has decided upon is one that has been planted as
a hedge in
 Australia for the last 15 years with great success in terms of growth rate,
beauty and hardiness, it is much faster growing than the original James Stirling with
slightly larger leaves. Silver Stirling™ Pittosporum, Pittosporum tenuifolium
(Silver Sheen) has a less grey, brighter green softer leaf than the James Stirling. Silver
Stirling™ Pittosporum can grow 5-6ft per year in the first few years and when well
clipped is extremely dense. Because Silver Stirling™ Pittosporum is very dense and
leafy yet loves to be clipped hard it is ideal for creating tall narrow screens, even 3-4
metres tall.
For optimum growth Silver Stirling™ Pittosporum, Pittosporum
tenuifolium (Silver Sheen) loves to be planted without scruffing up the roots,
feeding regularly with Devotion™ Time Release Fertiliser
and to be planted with no grass around their base and most of all
good drainage. If your
 soil
is heavy or wet drain it or raise your bed.
Because Chris and Marie�s Plant Farms
grow their own Silver Stirling� Pittosporums we have an abundance
of 7" pots $11.90 and 10" pots $29.90
or 4 for $99.90.
Chris’ daughter Amber is in charge of growing our
7”
pot Pittosporums, this makes her the third generation Lucas growing Pittosporums in
Australia.
When we were taking photographs for our web site we saw a lovely
young Silver Stirling™ hedge. The lady of the house was bringing in her shopping
and we asked her how old the hedge was. She said that it had been planted just 12 months
ago with bushy 3ft tall plants. The hedge was now 7ft tall and 2ft above the standard
wooden side fence. We took a digital photo of this happy gardener to show that a well
planted and tendered Silver Stirling™ Pittosporum can grow to provide the perfect
privacy screen in just 12 months. |
At Chris and
Marie’s Plant Farms we now cultivate and grow our own in house strain of Pittosporum,
we call this strain of Pittosporum Silver Stirling™ Pittosporum. This came about
because Chris noticed that with so many
types of Pittosporums on the market
people were becoming confused about which one to buy and often people would plant a hedge
of one type and come back in twelve months for more and find it had become unavailable
thereby making it impossible to extend or replace missing plants in their hedge. Its kind
of like buying an exotic car and finding its gone off
the market in a year or two and you
can’t get parts or service easily or economically. That’s why most people buy a
popular model car from a strong company. 
