Osmanthus fragrans New This species is native to

This species is native to sandy pinelands and sand scrub from lower South Carolina through Florida

sprawling oddity to cultivation

a wine-dark anchor that sets off silver

Whatever you do not eat goes into marmalade

and the species sits on every serious list of oaks of conservation concern

Osmanthus fragrans New This species is native toSome plants are grown for the eye and some for the nose, and sweet osmanthus belongs wholly to the second camp. The very name tells the story: Osmanthus joins the Greek osme, a scent, with anthos, a flower, and fragrans doubles down, so the botanical name reads almost as fragrant fragrant flower. The blooms themselves are tiny, waxy, and creamy white, tucked so far back among the leaves that a passerby often smells the plant long before finding the