Tian Xiang Tai Ge-the O Fragrans of the Largest Flower
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Comments (17)Yes, to lime or not, or how much to lime, you really need a systemic evaluation of your environment, especially the plants you grow, the water and fertilizer you use. But I think it's a good idea for the bagged soil (most are limed to be 6.5 based on my own test) to be limed, given that most fertilizers are most available to plants in the PH range of 6 to 6.7. They have to accommodate for average gardeners and most plants, most plants do well in this range, even gardenias and camellias. But Gardenia thrives better at the stronger acid side, say 5.7 or even 5.5, some avid gardeners at south China, they use solely coarse absorbent sand, pine bark, peat moss and pine tree needle compost to make the container medium, which is on the stronger acid side. The gardenia and Camellias are flourishing. They use only rain water and composted soy bean meal tea as the fertilizer. The only way you can be sure is to investigate an accurate PH and EC meter, then you can tell how acid is the soil and how much resolved fert in the soil. This meter can get expensive. Mike, you Osmanthus is looking good. The foliage is a nice green. But the leaves are a bit on the spare side. Normally one flush can grow up to 8 leaves in a twig, most of yours are two. Mine has 6 or 8 all the time. Are you giving it enough sun? Or it could be a specific variety, I am not sure. I will post a picture of my Osmanthus recently, it's so bushy. So fare I have the Gold, Silver and Four Seasons variety. In the four seasons, I have FudingZhu, TianXiangTaiGe and RiXiangGui. FudingZhu is my all time favorite. But the RiXiangGui is flourishing for me as well. It's a four seasons, blooms more than 300 days in a year and the flower is gold, which is rare for four season. The fragrance is so much stronger. Take care. YT...See MoreTian Xiang Tai Ge & Yue Yue Hong Osmanthus Fragrans, a show off
Comments (2)Wonderful! You have an osmanthus growing indoors? I have one planted by my back door. It blooms intermittently throughout the year, and I love to smell the blooms when I go into my back yard....See MoreOoh winter perfume: exclusive O Fragrans Chinese cultivars
Comments (30)(10) O Fragrans "Wan Yin Gui" Late Silver - this is a representative of the traditional silver type. Late Silver is similar to cultivar "Bai Jie" (Snow White). However, the leaves of Late Silver are oval and the flowers are extremely profuse. (11) O Fragrans "Juban Gui" Chrysanthemum Petal - this is another historically famous silver type. Each flower has several long petals resembling the shape of star jasmine. It was previously known only from the ancient city of Hang Zhou. Unfortunately, after the construction boom in the last 20 years, the cultivar is suspected to be extinct now. A search has been on-going since 2005. There are thousands of Chinese cultivars of O Fragrans. Slightly luckier than cultivar "Ju Ban", O Fragrans "Yin Qui" (Silver Ball) and "Yu Lian Yin Si" (Jade hanging silver thread) are recovered. However, only one plant of "Yin Qui" was ever found. The plant does not produce any seed. Grafting has poor surviving rate. People realize the value of O Frangrans after some are lost forever. The image below is the extinct "Ju Ban":...See MoreA O fragrans cultivar that blooms for 300 days per year!
Comments (7)Jim, the exclusive cultivar is called "Tian Xiang Tai Ge" meaning: "heavenly fragrant multi-storied palace". Toni, these are all "bud grafted" onto the root-stocks of Chinese fringe tree (for the superior root system). Look closely to the intersections....See Morelou_spicewood_tx
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoDoes anyone know if Osmanthus fragrans 'Tianxiang Taige' would grow/ would survive in a USDA hardiness zone 7b (down to -13C/ 10F each winter)? The cultivars you are talking about are not found in Europe. Even Aurantiacus is hard to find in Europe -I saw it on one French web page which however, unlike US nurseries, says theirs is hardy only to -7 to -9C (~ 15F). I have no cold hardiness issues with Fortunei. But Fragrans has its youngest tips burnt above the snow cover below -7 -9C (~ 15F) - see image attached, though it recovers well.
How is the Osmanthus fragrans 'Tianxiang Taige' scent different? Texture or intensity compared to the standard Fragrans?
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