Osmanthus Fragrans Berries

Hybrid between osmanthus heterophyllus and osmanthus fragrans. Acid neutral and basic alkaline soils and can grow in very alkaline soils.

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Osmanthus fragrans berries

Blooming profusely from fall to spring the large clusters of tiny creamy white flowers cover this densely branched shrub. Tiny flower clusters have a delightful apricot like fragrance. Light sandy medium loamy and heavy clay soils.

Cultivars fragrant evergreen salt tolerant playground cpp deer resistant children s garden. Osmanthus x fortunei is a hybrid of o. It has a moderate growth rate and is excellent for screening.

Slow dense growth to an eventual 1520 feet tall 68 feet wide. Sweet osmanthus osmanthus fragrans.

Osmanthus fragrans certainly lives up to this name having exquisitely scented flowers. The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs. Fragrant tea olives can grow as tall as 20 to 30 feet near the coast although they are usually smaller particularly in the piedmont.

Osmanthus x fortunei fruitlandii as hedge phillip merritt cc by nc sa 2 0. Oval 4 inches long leaves resemble those of holly ilex. It has been cultivated in china for about 2 500 years and is still of importance there today the flowers being widely used to flavour tea wine and sweets as well as an ingredient in herbal medicine.

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