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Osmanthus
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Osmanthus - Handsome evergreen shrubs, few hardy in our islands, ...

 


Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Variegatus'
Variegated Sweet Olive, Variegated Chinese Holly, Variegated False Holly ...

Osmanthus fragrans
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Sweet Olive
Description
Osmanthus fragrans is native to China, Japan, and the Himalayas, is a evergreen shrub with broad upright growth and has dark green finely toothed foliage.

Osmanthus fragans. Sweet olive. China, Japan
Oleaceae
Shrub, upright and dense, which can also form a small tree, but is always seen trimmed on campus as a foundation planting.

Osmanthus × burkwoodii (syn. Osmarea burkwoodii or ×Osmarea burkwoodii) Oleaceae
Burkwood Osmanthus oz-MAN-thus X berk-WOOD-e-i ...

USDA Plants Database - Horticulture
Osmanthus americanus is native to North America. Range may be expanded by planting. See states reporting devilwood (opens a new window).

Osmanthus are fall flowering with small white, four-petaled blooms hidden in the foliage.
Blooms appear in September and October and are pleasantly fragrant, sometimes to the extreme. The plants do not set fruit in cultivation.

#912 Osmanthus americanus
Common Names: devilwood, American olive, wild olive
Family: Oleaceae (olive Family)
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Holly Osmanthus
Scientific Name: Osmanthus heterophyllus (G.Don) P.S.Green
Synonym: Osmanthus ilicifolius
Family: Oleaceae ...

Sweet Olive (Osmanthus fragrans)
Tea Olive
The flowers have an almost candy-like fragrance.

Osmanthus x Fortunei 'San José'
During the bleak days of late fall and early winter, any plants offering floral fragrance are valuable. Osmanthus is a genus of 15 to 30 species of trees and shrubs in the olive family.

Osmanthus
Jul 1st
Posted by Rupert Foxton-Smythe in Flowering Shrubs ...

Osmanthus fragrans
The Sweet Olive is a dense large growing evergreen shrub or small tree. The sweetly fragrant white flowers are borne periodically from fall to spring.

Tea olives (Osmanthus species) are some of the most sweetly fragrant plants in Southern gardens. Their scent makes them ideal for planting near windows and outdoor living areas where the fall blooming flowers can be readily enjoyed.

domestica 'Firepower' Firepower Nandina Nandina domestica 'Harbour Dwarf' Harbour Dwarf Nandina Nyssa sylvatica Sour Gum Botanical Name Common Name Ophiopogon japonicus Mondo Grass Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Arabicus' Black Mondo Grass Osmanthus ...

You can use the traditional ivy and holly with berries (or their variegated forms), spruce and pine, experiment with box, Magnolia grandiflora, osmanthus, Viburnum tinus and bay.

Distant Affinity: American Olive (Osmanthus americana), Fragrant Olive (O. fragrans).

Goshiki False Holly ( Osmanthus heterophyllus )
Goshiki Kaede Maple ( Acer buergerianum )
Goshiki Yaye Camellia ( Camellia japonica ) ...

Other cultivated genera include Abeliophyllum, Chionanthus, Fontanesia, Forsythia, Noranhia, Notelaea, Nyctanthes, Osmanthus, Osmarea, Parasyringa, Phillyrea and the privet (Ligustrum).

Osmanthus fragrans (flower)
Pansies (Viola x Wittrockiana flowers, petals)
Pot Marigolds (Calendula officinalis petals with white heel removed)
Roses (Rosa petals with white heel removed, rose hips)
Sesbania grandiflora (flower) ...

See also: Green, Evergreen, Olive, May, Holly