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Miss Muffet Dwarf Pittosporum
Pittosporum tobira ‘Miss Muffet’
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Miss Muffet Dwarf Pittosporum - Pittosporum tobira ‘Miss Muffet’
‘Miss Muffet’ is the compact form of Japanese mock orange, holding a tight low mound of glossy dark green leaves arranged in neat whorls at the stem tips. Unlike the species, which builds to a substantial shrub, this Pittosporum tobira selection stays under a metre and needs almost no pruning to keep its shape. It is used where a clipped look is wanted without the labour of clipping, and it holds that shape in tough coastal conditions.
Why Miss Muffet
Naturally Dwarf: Stays around 0.6 to 1m, so it will not outgrow a low border the way the species does.
Self Maintaining Shape: Dense whorled growth forms an even dome without regular shearing.
Coastal Toughness: Salt wind, sandy soil and reflected heat are all tolerated once established.
Glossy Dark Foliage: Deep green leathery leaves stay clean looking through summer and winter.
Fragrant Flowers: Small cream flowers carry a distinct orange blossom scent in spring.
Ideal Applications
Low Border Edging: A continuous run defines a bed or path at knee height without constant trimming.
Mass Planting: Blocks of plants give an even textured green groundcover layer in commercial landscapes.
Formal Parterre Infill: Substitutes for box in warm coastal gardens where box struggles.
Container Planting: Its compact habit and slow growth suit long term pot culture near an entry.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 0.5 to 0.7m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 0.8 to 1m
Best Planting Season: Autumn and spring
Soil & Drainage: Free draining soil, sandy or loamy, tolerates alkaline and coastal conditions, dislikes wet feet
Establishment Care: Water twice weekly for the first three months and weekly through the first summer, then only in extended dry spells. Mulch to 50mm to keep roots cool, and limit pruning to a light tidy after flowering since hard cutting into bare wood recovers slowly.
Plant Details
Height: 0.6 to 1m
Width: 0.8 to 1.2m
Growth Rate: Slow
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun to part shade
Native to: Species from Japan, Korea and southern China
Flower Colour: Cream, fragrant
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







