Description
A neat little evergreen with beautiful natural shape, Pittosporum ‘Golf Ball’ is one of those plants that quietly makes everything around it look better. With its soft, rounded form and fresh green foliage, it brings structure, calm, and year-round interest to pots, borders, and contemporary planting schemes.
Perfect for adding shape without fuss, this compact shrub keeps its tidy mound with very little clipping, making it ideal for busy gardeners who still want that polished, designed look.
Why we love it
Pittosporum ‘Golf Ball’ is wonderfully versatile. It works beautifully in formal gardens, modern spaces, or mixed borders where you need an evergreen anchor among looser, more seasonal planting. Its naturally rounded habit gives all the charm of clipped topiary, but with a much softer, more relaxed feel.
Pittosporum ‘Golf Ball’ is wonderfully versatile. It works beautifully in formal gardens, modern spaces, or mixed borders where you need an evergreen anchor among looser, more seasonal planting. Its naturally rounded habit gives all the charm of clipped topiary, but with a much softer, more relaxed feel.
Where it works best
This is a brilliant choice for containers, front door pots, gravel gardens, courtyards, and sunny borders. It loves a sheltered spot and is especially useful where you want year-round structure without something too heavy or rigid.
This is a brilliant choice for containers, front door pots, gravel gardens, courtyards, and sunny borders. It loves a sheltered spot and is especially useful where you want year-round structure without something too heavy or rigid.
What to expect
- Compact, rounded evergreen shrub
- Fresh green foliage all year
- Low maintenance and naturally tidy
- Great for pots and small garden spaces
- Ideal for modern or Mediterranean-style planting
Caragh’s Garden Notebook
For the best shape and colour, plant Pittosporum ‘Golf Ball’ in a sunny, sheltered position with free-draining soil. It’s perfect for framing entrances or repeating through a border to create rhythm and balance. In colder areas, container planting makes it easier to move to a protected spot in harsh weather.
For the best shape and colour, plant Pittosporum ‘Golf Ball’ in a sunny, sheltered position with free-draining soil. It’s perfect for framing entrances or repeating through a border to create rhythm and balance. In colder areas, container planting makes it easier to move to a protected spot in harsh weather.





