Mandarin hat plant This Himalayan shrub is easy to grow and its flowers are irresistible to butterflies Sometimes called sweet osmanthus, tea olive can grow at least 20 feet tall. But it develops ...

New Zealand Laurel (Corynocarpus laevigatus) Sweet olive and other types of osmanthus shrubs do fine in unclipped hedges, producing unobtrusive white blooms that are fragrant. Sweet olive and ...

When the Japanese name of this fall flowering shrub is written in kanji, the “kin” indicates the golden color of its flowers. Its botanical name, “Osmanthus fragrans,” means “fragrant ...

There is a poem by the Tang Dynasty (618-907) poet Wang Jian that includes this osmanthus, depicting an autumn night: “White is the courtyard where crows perch on the tree/ Cold dew in silence ...

All throughout campus Osmanthus spp. were planted decades ago and have matured to a magnificent state. These slow-growing shrubs have, arguably, one of the most beautiful and permeating fragrances ...