Product Description

Osmanthus heterophyllus, commonly called holly olive or false olive, is a dense, upright, bushy evergreen shrub. It is noted for producing leathery, ovate to elliptic, deep green leaves that vary in shape: juvenile leaves typically have holly-like spiny margins (often 3-5 spiny teeth per side with a single tooth at the apex) and adult leaves typically are entire. The amount of toothing per leaf often varies considerably on the same shrub. Tiny fragrant 4-petaled white flowers bloom from the leaf axils in small clusters in fall.
Genus name comes from the Greek words osme meaning fragrant and anthos meaning flower.