Pittosporum plant `Shimamoto`

#The present invention is a distinct, new and improved variety of the Pittosporum Tobira Wheeler's Dwarf plant ("Wheeler's Dwarf"), which was originated and discovered by us as a cultivated sport in order to promote the progress of science and the useful arts.

#In or about the Winter of 1979, at our nursery in Montebello, Calif., George Shimamoto discovered the sport growing on one of our Wheeler's Dwarf plants. It was apparent that the sport had distinct characteristics from the parent plant because the leaves of the sport, unlike the dark green leaves of the parent plant, were variegated and medium green in color with Cream white margins.

#George Shimamoto performed an initial experiment to determine the sport's capacity to asexually reproduce. George Shimamoto made three (3) cuttings from the sport, all of which rooted and survived. Each cutting possessed the same characteristics as the sport, and constituted a distinct, new and improved variety of Pittosporum.

#The submitted drawings and photographs are correct and accurate depictions of the Shimamoto Pittosporum, containing both young and mature leaves.

#The following is a detailed description of our new variety of pittosporum, with color numbers in accordance with the Pantone Matching System of colors for printing inks, 17th edition, published by Pantone, Inc., 1982. Terms used to describe colors are those of ordinary significance.

#(1) Parentage: A cultivated sport cutting from a Pittosporum tobira Wheeler's Dwarf.

#(2) Size: A dwarf with its height and width between 0.50 to 0.75 meters.