Anyone grow Osmanthus Fragrans outdoor in Z7?
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Comments (14)JJD - I get plants given to me all the time so some of what I grow I am just re-telling what someone told me, could be true, could be wrong... RIght now I have in the ground two 'Compacta' (they are grown by a local wholesale-only nursery - Pender Nursery, I get mine at our local university's horticulture student plant sale when they have them, about every other year); I have two 'Russian', one I bought at Edible Landscaping in VA, the other someone gave to me; I have one given to me that came from a local Indian Plant Nursery (this area has a large SE Asian population), and as an ornamental I have a 'State Fair' which is a tiny bush style plant that blooms and fruits as long as the temps are warm - a beauty but the fruit is very sour and small. In a pot I have my Angel Red - which died to the ground too many times, so I dug it up and keep it in the greenhouse now. Around town (Raleigh, NC) you can find pom's growing as parking lot trees. I think the asphalt helps keep them warm. People rarely get to the fruit before the squirrels. Our local Lebanese deli has a few that their grandfather brought to the US ages ago. They look like one of the many Russian varieties. Most people around here say you have better luck with the Russian types (some are named, some are sold as Russian) which tend to not be as sweet as the warm climate types....See Moreosmanthus fragrans can i espalier it?
Comments (3)Os can grow like a oak tree. You can manage to grow it in a proper pot which will modify their growth rate. Then you can try to espalier the plant. Now I am very much in the mood to collect Os cultivars. I have one in my passive green house. It is starting to form a clusters of white flowers now....See MoreCan Osmanthus fragrans rebloom in tropical climate?
Comments (8)Tropicsnut, Is it in the ground? If it is, just mulch it real good, water it when it becomes dry and leave it alone. How old is iT? They don't bloom real profusely when they are really young. The more sun it gets, the more leaves it grows for protection. It will bloom for you, stop fertilizing it and enjoy your blooms this October....See Moreosmanthus fragrans aka sweet/tea olive in alkaline soil
Comments (12)Hi Lou and all. I've had one growing in unimproved thin alkaline 'soil' over limestone at my place for nearly 20 years. Not knowing any better at that time I just dug a hole and plopped it in. It is in a shady spot next to the house right outside my kitchen window and is taller than the overhang. Amazingly I rarely give it extra water or even fertilize it. It gets water off the roof when it rains. It is a dark green and blooms from now until spring and sporatically after that. Here is a clickable thumbnail photo I just now took: It might grow larger and fuller and produce bigger blooms in improved soil, but I have no complaints about it. The blooms are very fragrant, but I don't find that the fragrance wafts much, but that is probably due to a lack in my 'smeller.' Happy gardening!...See Morelongriver
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