Question: I've been looking for plant material that will make a good hedge, but not one that looks unkempt very quickly, or become problematic because it spreads too fast. It should be evergreen ...

A shrub, perennial and a vegetable this week. November 23, 2020 at 6:19 a.m. Sweet Olive – Osmanthus fragrans, also called Tea Olive ...

This shrub blooms heavily in spring and then sporadically again through summer and into fall. Typical oval leaves, up to 4-inches long, are leathery and glossy green.

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 ...

Numbering about 150 species and varieties, they're low-growing, rosette-forming plants with lovely foliage in a range of colors including orange, pink, green, red, blue and silver.

Great Plant Pick: Osmanthus x burkwoodii, Burkwood’s sweet olive. This hybrid Asian shrub is tougher and more beautiful than its parents. by Richie Steffen; Saturday, April 27, 2019 1:30am ...

Subtlety is not a property that we associate with autumn. It’s a season of in-your-face color, nature’s equivalent of the bright spark that blossoms at the end of a fuse.

What: Osmanthus heterophyllus “Goshiki,” also known as variegated false holly, is an extremely tough, striking evergreen shrub. Goshiki means “five colored” in Japanese and refers to the ...