Osmanthus delavayi
Delavay Osmanthus
As G.S. Thomas writes ‘One of the choicest of evergreen shrubs, bushy and well furnished with tiny dark green leaves which seem specially selected to show off the tubular, pure white small flowers which are arrayed along every twig.” Coming as it does from Western China it will need a little extra watering during summer. Whilst it will eventually get to 2 metres or more tall by as much across it responds to judicious pruning and so can find a place even in small gardens.
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