Osmanthus, Fortune's Osmanthus 'Fruitlandii'

I got this as a promotional item from Park Seed Co a few years ago. It was a stick but for $1 or so, I just planted it in a mostly sunny...Read More location without further planning or thought. It has been a moderate, trouble-free plant. No blooms yet.

I planted one of these quite a few years ago in a shady border. The plant has grown to about six feet tall and it is full and healthy, b...Read Moreut it has never bloomed for me. It looks like holly to me and the spines on the leaves can be wicked if you're working around it. Although it serves as an evergreen screen, I purchased it for the fragrance factor. I hope it does eventually bloom.

There is a very nice hedgerow of this cultivar growing at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Planted in 1997 the plants are appox. 15 ft....Read More in height. The planting flowers very well - visitors often turn in cirlces with their noses in the air trying to locate the source of that wonderful fragrance!

Trimmed Osmanthus is an attractive foundation or specimen plant provided it is not planted too close to a doorway (leaves have very sharp...Read More spines). It is susceptible to whitefly infestation.