Osmanthus fragrans 'Fudingzhu' Medicinal the front of a shaded

the front of a shaded border

Where the heavy garden cannas read as bedding

a rare pure white-flowered maypop shared with us many years ago by our friend Gene Cline

where the glossy foliage and tidy proportions show to advantage

a specialist that gathers pollen almost exclusively from these flowers

Osmanthus fragrans 'Fudingzhu' Medicinal the front of a shaded'Fudingzhu' turns the usual tea olive up a notch. Where most sweet osmanthus scatter a modest few flowers among the leaves, this selection smothers itself in dense, bead like clusters of small, creamy white blooms, so freely and for so long that the name is said to mean pearls upon the Buddha's head, for the way the pale flowers crown the plant. The scent is the pure osmanthus perfume, a rich sweetness of ripe apricot and peach that carries on the