Is my evergreen beyond help?

[Poorlyplants]

I planted what I think is a PIttosporum variegatum (not sure though) 3 years ago in clay soil and in an area which gets plenty of sun, it has done really well and has grown profusely but I have noticed in the past few weeks a massive leaf drop which has never happened before, is it actually dead or is there anything I can do to save it? This is the first winter the plant has experienced frost and snow so not sure if this leaf drop is normal? all my other evergreens seem fine. Any advice gratefully received! I’ve enclosed before and after pictures.

I have a couple of Pittosporums that have experienced exactly the same problem - which has almost certainly been caused by the very hard frosts that we had a few weeks back. There's a good chance that the plant will recover though, so best to leave it alone and just be patient!

Thanks @everywhichway I will leave it to do it’s thing and keep my fingers crossed it recovers!

I had a beautiful big pittosporum in my garden for about 15 years, it reached about 8 feet tall and would be covered in tiny black (!) flowers, but one year it succumbed to a really heavy frost and that was that.

They aren't the hardiest, unfortunately.

Nooooo 😱 I wish I had investigated the plant more before I planted it, gutted.

give it a good watering and a feed and then wait.

I bought an azalea 2 years ago in forced bloom. It hasn’t bloomed since. And now my azalea has dropped its leaves. Many years ago I had an azalea which suffered from the heat badly. Dropped its leaves and looked half dead. I gave it a good watering and refreshed it’s compost with plant food and it sprang back giving abundance of flowers.

my pittosporum is looking limp, so I’ll water it and feed it.