Osmanthus suavis prophouse Dark green foliage follows and

Dark green foliage follows and carries the plant quietly through the season

especially where the spent blooms are sheared away

broad-spreading large conifer

often marked with purple at the base of the petals

the sort of pungency that persuades deer and rabbits to browse elsewhere

Osmanthus suavis prophouse Dark green foliage follows andOsmanthus suavis is the mountain member of the sweet olive family, a shrub of quiet, upright grace carried down from high ground. Native to the cool slopes of the eastern Himalayas and the misted forests of southwest China, the plant has the unhurried resilience of alpine flora, and the narrow, pointed, finely toothed leaves, darkly lustrous and neatly held, give a formal, upright presence the year round. The epithet suavis means sweet or agreeable in