Osmanthus fragrans (Fragrant olive)
Other names: Sweet tea, Sweet olive, Kwei
O. fragrans is a vigorous, upright, borderline hardy, evergreen shrub or small tree with ovate to oblong, leathery, glossy, sometimes finely-toothed, dark green leaves and clusters of small, tubular, strongly fragrant, white flowers in autumn with sporadic bloom throughout the year. Flowers are followed by oval, blue-black fruit.
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10m max. spread |
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10m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Other names: Sweet herb of Paraguay, Eupatorium rebaudianum, Caa-ehe, Sweet leaf, Sweet leaf, Sugarleaf
S. rebaudiana is a tender, upright, bushy, short-lived perennial, often treated as an annual vegetable crop, with hairy stems bearing toothed, elliptic to narrowly lance-shaped, edible, dark green leaves and loose panicles of white, tubular flowers throughout the year.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Osmanthus fragrans f. aurantiacus (Fragrant orange olive)
Other names: Fragrant orange tea olive, Orange sweet tea, Orange sweet olive, Osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus, Osmanthus fragrans 'Aurantiacus'
O. fragrans f. aurantiacus is a vigorous, upright, borderline hardy, evergreen shrub or small tree with ovate to oblong, leathery, glossy, sometimes finely-toothed, dark green leaves and clusters of small, tubular, strongly fragrant, yellow-orange flowers in autumn with sporadic bloom throughout the year. Flowers are followed by oval, blue-black fruit.
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2.5m max. spread |
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4.5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Oreopteris limbosperma (Lemon-scented fern)
Other names: Sweet mountain fern, Mountain wood food, Mountain buckler fern, European mountain fern, Mountain fern, Queen's veil maiden fern, Dryopteris oreopteris, Dryopteris montana, Thelypteris limbosperma
O. limbosperma is a tufted, deciduous fern with erect to slightly arching, ovate, pinnate, pale green fronds, the pinnae short, rounded, and widely-spaced.
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0.6m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
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