Pittosporum Yellow Leaves

Possible causes of chlorosis include poor drainage damaged roots compacted roots high alkalinity and nutrient deficiencies.
Pittosporum yellow leaves. These flowers are scented emanating pleasant citrus like fragrance. Leaf diseases are usually caused by fungi and result in leaves becoming unsightly. The leaves of the pittosporum plants are bright oval dark green alternate and leathery when under the light. Yellow falling leaves on my pittosporum.
The flowers of the plants are white brown red cream or sometimes yellow. However some gardeners do prune them once or twice a year top maintain a good shape. Flowers are white cream yellow red or brown this too depends on the variety. Japanese pittosporum pittosporum tobira is a useful ornamental plant for hedges border plantings as a specimen or in containers.
The top half is all dead while the bottom half has some branches with lovely green leaves whilst the other branches have dead brown. They respond to pruning very well and their narrow leaves don t brown at the edges when cut. It has attractive leaves that enhance many other plant textures and it is very tolerant of a range of conditions. Pittosporum leaves are leathery oval alternate bright dark green in the light and become lighter on the underside with veins more or less evident depending on the variety.
Chlorosis is a yellowing of leaf tissue due to a lack of chlorophyll. Could this be caused by some deficiency in the soil. Most can be avoided with preventative applications of fungicide labeled for pittosporum. I ve just returned from usa having been away since early march to find with horror that my pittosporum tree about ten feet tall has an awful lot of dead leaves on it.
Simply prune to the shape and size you require. Pittosporum don t need pruning to keep them healthy they can be left to grow to their natural shape. I have three pittosporum plants growing along my fenceline. However they become lighter on underside and with veins evident depending on their variety.
Pittosporum tree half dead.