Help Identifying a tree in my garden

Is it evergreen or deciduous, Patcha2? At first glance I wondered if it was a Pittosporum - but 8m is a bit tall for that.

You and me both, Spritz - it does look like Pittosporum in the bigger pic. Might well be Pittosporum Silver Queen

Hi Spritzhenry thanks for the quick reply. I'm pretty sure it's an evergreen. I've put a few more pictures of it on my profile too, and someone else also suggested a pittosporum.

Thanks again.

I'm fairly certain its Pittosporum tenuifolium Silver Queen - but would like a pic looking down onto a leaf - unless you can say whether the leaf margins are slightly wavy, not toothed, just wavy.

Pleased to be able to help. Pacha2. Nice to agree with Bamboo, as well!

I am fascinated by your tree. I have been searching through my Field Guide to Trees and shrubs ( Reader's Digest) but cannot find it. Has it got flowers earlier in the year?

If its what I think it is, it should have tiny, dark red flowers in spring - they're usually not very noticeable though, and they turn into those lumpy things seen in the photograph.

Thanks Bamboo. It may have, but I've only recently moved into this house so I can't recall if it does or not. It had some small peppercorn like balls on it earlier this year too.

You could google the one I've said it is just for confirmation - hopefully you'll find a picture.

Yeah I have done that, the leaves look the same, my tree is quite a bit bigger than most I've seen pictured.

They are correct, it the species Pittosporum tenuifolium and the variety does look like Silver Queen. That woody capsule confirmed it for me. The one at work (about the same size as this from the look of it) has those capsules that split three ways to reveal a few seeds with an almost resinous sticky attachment.