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It's a shame tea olive isn't used more often. Plant it now for a fragrant autumn
Indeed, the species (Osmanthus fragrans ... Folks: tea olive deserves a resurgence. Mandarin hat plant This Himalayan shrub is easy to grow and its flowers are irresistible to butterflies ...
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VOX POPULI: As autumn grows hotter, the scent of osmanthus in bloom is delayed
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 ...