How to Use pittosporum in a Sentence

pittosporum

noun
  • Other shrubs that appear on my neighborhood’s deer-proof list are pomegranate, pittosporum and dwarf and standard yaupon holly.
    Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 2020-05-07
  • During that extended freeze, Texas lost massive numbers of pittosporum, ligustrum, loquat and even hollies and live oaks in some places.
    Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 2021-02-15
  • As if to signal the quiet retreat in back, a reflecting pond filled with water lilies beckons from an alcove of boxwood, pittosporum and lomandra.
    Emily Young, Los Angeles Times, 2019-08-22
  • Some plants such as Mexican olive, viburnum, pittosporum and Mexican honeysuckle that are normally evergreen and usually tolerant of cold weather have defoliated in the freeze.
    Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 2021-02-26
  • For hedges 6- to 10-feet tall, ligustrum, cleyera, camellia, sasanqua, oleander, dwarf Burford holly, gardenia, pittosporum, and Indian azaleas are possible choices.
    NOLA.com, 2018-01-27

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