"curiosity" [email protected] wrote in message
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On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 18:46:35 +0100, Sacha

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On 7/8/04 3:46 pm, in article
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"curiosity" [email protected] wrote:

On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 13:51:53 +0100, "Spider"

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Hi Curiosity,
It looks very like a Pittosporum to me, possibly tenuifolium sp.
I don't know the ideal pruning time, sorry. It does have *tiny*
flowers,
but they're not really showy in most Pittosporums. (P. tobira
has good,
scented flowers, but is borderline hardy).
Perhaps someone else know when to prune Pittosporum?
Spider

many thanks Spider, I think you've got it. Oddly enough I had a
pittosporum
in
my last garden and now you mention it there is a striking family
resemblance.
That was variegated and much smaller leaf but the same hearty
untroubled
(slightly boring) plant.

Careful. That leaf looks much too big to be a Pittosporum -
Magnolia is
more likely, even if not certain. Do leave it one full year before
doing
any attacking.

you've got me worried now, it is significantly larger than the
pittosporum I
knew - on the other hand my 'leaf' picture is a close-up so the size
may be
misperceived.

Moral: Include a ruler in a picture in which real size is
significant.

I found this picture of P.tenuifolium


http://www.ccc.govt.nz/parks/TheEnvi...enuifolium.asp

It's the crinklyness of the leaves which I recognise here. Doesn't
magnolia
have quite a flat leaf?

Franz