Osmanthus x fortunei ‘San Jose' Bob McCartney since the bitterness keeps animals

since the bitterness keeps animals off and human cases are rare

As a Woodlanders selection of the evergreen southern sweetbay

all with the salt tolerance and toughness of the family

Use the plant as an evergreen screen

is a botanical rarity with a story as striking as the summer bloom

Osmanthus x fortunei ‘San Jose' Bob McCartney since the bitterness keeps animalsOsmanthus x fortunei 'San Jose' is a large, upright member of Fortune's tea olive, the garden hybrid that crosses the false holly, Osmanthus heterophyllus, with the sweet olive, Osmanthus fragrans. Among the fortunei clones, 'San Jose' stands apart for thinner, more finely toothed leaves and a taller, more upright habit, a plant that reaches for height where others spread. This is one of the bigger tea olives, building over time into a dense evergreen