Olea yunnanensis Fragrant An exclusive Woodlanders introduction

An exclusive Woodlanders introduction

a natural hybrid between two southeastern native hollies: the stately American holly

Each flower is a little spray of narrow

the Chinese flame tree is tough where many ornamentals struggle

at home in the peninsula's dry sandhills and sandy ridges where little else will grow

Olea yunnanensis Fragrant An exclusive Woodlanders introductionA true olive for the shade, Olea yunnanensis is the sort of plant that rewards the gardener who reads labels twice. The genus is the olive genus, kin to the ancient Mediterranean fruit tree and to the sweet olives and privets of the same family, yet this species hails from the mountains of Yunnan in southwestern China rather than the sun baked hills of the Old World. The narrow, leathery, dark green leaves carry an unmistakable Osmanthus cast, glossy