Osmanthus suavis prophouse broad-spreading large conifer

broad-spreading large conifer

This is a working tree as much as an ornamental one

especially where the spent blooms are sheared away

Most American gardeners know two camellias

Osmanthus suavis prophouse broad-spreading large coniferOsmanthus suavis is the mountain member of the sweet olive family, a shrub of quiet, upright grace carried down from high ground. Native to the cool slopes of the eastern Himalayas and the misted forests of southwest China, the plant has the unhurried resilience of alpine flora, and the narrow, pointed, finely toothed leaves, darkly lustrous and neatly held, give a formal, upright presence the year round. The epithet suavis means sweet or agreeable in