One is fine for a small garden, the other good for larger gardens. Osmanthus delavayi is the smaller of the two, here in gardens since it arrived from China in 1890. Think of it perhaps as a ...

pale-flowering Osmanthus delavayi and Osmanthus burkwoodii; vanilla tree (Azara microphylla); silk tassel bush (Garrya elliptica); the variegated Euonymus fortunei ‘Silver Queen’; sweetly ...

For hedges, Pfeiffer suggests choosing small-leaved plants that can rebound from hard pruning, like English Yew (Taxus baccata), Osmanthus burkwoodii and O. delavayi, as well as certain cultivars ...

Its botanical name, “Osmanthus fragrans,” means “fragrant osmanthus,” with osmanthus coming from the Greek words osme (smell) and anthos (flower). In China, the home of this species of ...

The fragrance blooms with the heady flowers and fruits of Chinese osmanthus with magnolia and saffron, weaving through the air tales of Javanese patchouli and tuberose. The narrative deepens with ...

And Andrew Brogan has opened the gates to his magical garden once again this summer, nestled away behind his 400-year-old cottage in Henstead. The two-acre garden was created from scratch 14 years ...