Osmanthus Fragrans Thunbergii

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Osmanthus fragrans thunbergii

Vernacular names edit. It has less foliage and much more inflorescence than the typical orange tea olive. It has glossy dark green leaves 2 x 4 with toothed edges and small 0 5 flowers usually hidden by foliage with a strong apricot like fragrance that can be smelled from a distance.

604 882 1201 login create account. Cooperative extension which staffs local offices in all 100 counties and with the eastern band of cherokee indians. I planted it in the gardens there which is now the south carolina botanical gardens and it withstood 8 f in the winter of 1984 85 with no damage.

Osmanthus fragrans or sweet olive tea olive belongs to olive family oleaceae along with numerous jasmines it is evergreen tree or shrub with a moderate growth rate native to china. Thunbergii group was more abundant. When i was a student at clemson university in the 1960 s this selection came in from the bureau of plant introductions a now defunct agency of the usda.

This plant blooms in the late fall and has inconspicuous flowers that have a pungently sweet aroma. On oct 13 2010 pianokey56 from fort mill sc wrote. Size add to cart this subspecies has all of the attributes of osmanthus fragrans aurantiacus except that the flowers are a soft lemon yellow.

Regular price 22 00 sale. It also has the same cold hardiness of aurantiacus. It is an dense oval rounded evergreen shrub that grows up to 20 25 tall.

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