{"id":1415,"date":"2019-03-28T14:51:16","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T14:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/?p=1415"},"modified":"2019-05-15T18:07:50","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T17:07:50","slug":"prune-pittosporum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/prune-pittosporum\/","title":{"rendered":"Prune pittosporum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pittosporum &#8216;Golfball&#8217; at the front<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1415 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_front_before_20190328_01.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_front_before_20190328_01-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_front_before_20190328_01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_front_before_20190328_01-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_front_before_20190328_01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_front_before_20190328_01-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_front_before_20190328_01.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1369'>\n\t\t\t\tBefore\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_front_after_20190328_06.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_front_after_20190328_06-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_front_after_20190328_06-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_front_after_20190328_06-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_front_after_20190328_06-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_front_after_20190328_06-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_front_after_20190328_06.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1368'>\n\t\t\t\tAfter\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>This is a fantastic plant with a very good shape, and lovely dark red stems, but I don&#8217;t want it to get too tall and shade the border behind. The idea is to make it lower and let it spread over the gravel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pittosporum &#8216;Golfball&#8217; at the back<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-1415 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_back_before_20190328_02.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_back_before_20190328_02-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_back_before_20190328_02-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_back_before_20190328_02-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_back_before_20190328_02-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_back_before_20190328_02-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_back_before_20190328_02.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1367'>\n\t\t\t\tBefore\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_back_after_20190328_05.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_back_after_20190328_05-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_back_after_20190328_05-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_back_after_20190328_05-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_back_after_20190328_05-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_back_after_20190328_05-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_golfball_back_after_20190328_05.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1366'>\n\t\t\t\tAfter\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>This plant is looser, and there&#8217;s nothing behind that it&#8217;s shading.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pittosporum &#8216;Elizabeth&#8217; at the back<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-1415 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_elizabeth_after_20190328_01.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_elizabeth_after_20190328_01-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_elizabeth_after_20190328_01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_elizabeth_after_20190328_01-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_elizabeth_after_20190328_01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_elizabeth_after_20190328_01-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pittosporum_elizabeth_after_20190328_01.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-1365'>\n\t\t\t\tAfter\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Another cracking plant with a more fastigiate form. It was getting too high and shading the Prostanthera behind it. I cut it back to about 50%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pittosporum &#8216;Golfball&#8217; at the front This is a fantastic plant with a very good shape, and lovely dark red stems, but I don&#8217;t want it to get too tall and shade the border behind. The idea is to make it lower and let it spread over the gravel. Pittosporum &#8216;Golfball&#8217; at the back This plant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,10,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design","category-edges","category-pruning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}