Description

"Delavay Osmanthus" (Osmanthus delavayi) is a popular evergreen bushy shrub with long, serrated, oval, dark green leaves held on arching branches on an erect and branching bush. It produces small, highly perfumed, tubular white flowers borne profusely in the leaf axils and at the ends of the branches. In summer, the flowers with their distinctive fragrance are reminiscent of jasmine or gardenia. Delavay is a slow growing plant to an eventual height and spread of around 2 metres. It grows in most areas and can be used as a hedge or screening plant but can also be grown in a pot.