Osmanthus Heterophyllus Tree

Clusters of small fragrant white flowers are produced from early autumn.

Osmanthus heterophyllus tree. Osmanthus delavayi reaches 2 metres and has small oval leaves and white flowers. Read on to learn about growing osmanthus plants. Native to eastern asia osmanthus heterophyllus is mentioned in the oldest surviving historical record of japan. Americanus reaches 15 metres and bears greenish white flowers. The genus osmanthus is most familiar in the form of several bushy evergreen shrubs or small trees that bear fragrant white flowers sometimes in great profusion for example o. It is believed to have been used to make holly wood spears and used in battle to subdue the east. The bark is brown to grey or blackish cracking into small plates on old plants.

Leaves oval 1 1 2 to 2 1 2 in. Supplied in a 3 litre pot or 7 5 10 litre pot. It is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing to 2 8 m 7 26 ft tall. Osmanthus heterophyllus an evergreen shrub of rounded dense bushy habit 10 ft or more high near london twice as high in milder localities. Osmanthus fragrans is a shrub or small tree recognized more by its fragrance than its appearance. Delavayi or add foliage interest to the garden for example o. They are remarkable evergreen bushes or sometimes small trees.

Holly osmanthus or false holly o. Extremely worthwhile plants they should be in every garden where they can be grown. Common names include tea olive although it isn t a member of the olive family and false holly for its spiny holly like leaves. Young shoots minutely downy. One of these groups is the osmanthus bushes often called tea olive or false holly. The main american species devilwood o. Osmanthus heterophyllus is an evergreen shrub with glossy dark green sharply toothed holly like leaves.

Osmanthus heterophyllus variegatus variegated holly olive tree will reach a height of 2 5m and a spread of 2 5m after 10 20 years.