Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Sasaba' 24/11 Restock best noticed up close

best noticed up close

widespread member of the clan

Whorls of narrow leaves clothe a tidy

and the old common name St

or rain garden

Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Sasaba' 24/11 Restock best noticed up close'Sasaba' is the holly osmanthus taken to a theatrical extreme, grown less for flower than for the sheer drama of the leaf. Each dark, glossy, evergreen leaf is cut and incised into narrow, spine tipped lobes that jut out in every direction, so that the whole shrub reads as a slow green explosion. The Japanese name says it well: sasaba means bamboo leaf, for the narrow, divided foliage. Underneath the fireworks, this is Osmanthus heterophyllus, the