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Hardiness
Zones:
7
to 9 |
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Habit:
Evergreen |
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Growth
Rate: Moderate |
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Site
Requirements: Sun
to partial shade; prefers fertile, moist, well-drained, acidic
soil |
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Height:
10
to 20 feet |
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Width:
8
to 12 feet |
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Texture:
Medium |
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Form:
Multi-stemmed,
dense shrub; upright |
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Flower/Fruit:
Very
fragrant, small white flowers in fall; some flowers in early
spring
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Foliage:
Opposite,
simple, leathery, lustrous dark green leaves; 2 to 5"
long; finely dentate or entire |
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Comments:
Drought
tolerant; the least cold-hardy osmanthus
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Cultivars:
Apricot
Gold: fragrant apricot-gold flowers; Butter Yellow: fragrant
butter yellow flowers; forma aurantiaus: pale orange
flowers in fall, hardy to zone 7; Orange Supreme: showy, fragrant
bright orange flowers
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