In Japan, it is the “city tree” of Beppu, Oita Prefecture and Kitanagoya, Aichi Prefecture, and the “town tree” of Yoshitomi, Fukuoka Prefecture (Xiang & Liu, 2008). It is famous for the strongly fragrant flower with white, yellow, pale yellow, or orange yellow colors in late ...
There are other subtle differences between the two varieties. The Orange Tea Olive is more cold hardy, growing as far north as USDA Zone 7a, however, it blooms only in the fall and not in both spring and fall as the white form does. Both have dark green foliage but the Orange...
Part of the difficulty I had in identifying an osmanthus tree is the tendency of the fragrance to sometimes be strongest away from the plant and to appear and disappear. In South Carolina I was not able to follow it back to the plant nor see any obvious flowers and the scent would be t...