Osmanthus Fragrans?? or not!!!???
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10 years agoTiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
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Comments (8)Does 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?...See MoreMichelia Alba vs. Osmanthus Fragrans, and question on Bauhinia
Comments (12)@fragrant2008 does your osmanthus fragrans has any scent? kew's webpage said it won't thrive or flower well at uk. but I am still going to try. I have the light yellow flower cultivar and I am going to get the orange flower and white flower cultivar to try. what does fortunei smells like? it's hardy at uk. I guess it will be easier to grow than fragrans? thank you for the photo. so the 5:1:1 mix is similar to orchid mix. it has very good drainage and it doesn't hold much nutrient in the "soil". you have to feed it weekly weakly like orchid? I love michelias. it has nice fragrant flower species. it's good that there are michelias species easy to grow at uk. I will add them to my wishlist even I don't have a garden yet. if one day I have a garden, I will grow all kind of delicious scent flowering tree and shrub include daphne and Chimonanthus praecox. right now, a fragrant leaf pandanus, a plumeria, an epiphyllum, a magnolia alba has take up a lot of my indoor space. I am trying to keep them small until I have a garden which I hope I can get in 3 to 4 years. which plumeria cultivar do you have? you had said it didn't smell much. has it improved or you find a better cultivar? I have a dwarf singapore pink because I heard it branch well and need less light. so it flower better. I don't know yet. I just start....See Moreosmanthus fragrans
Comments (6)Mines over 10 ' tall here by Disneyland no chill. They are super slow. Baby them along on the best soil you can give don't add too much amendments when you plant which can rot and cause root problems. They love regular water but need to not be wet all the time. Mine gets morning sun and late sun but is shielded from 1-3 by a tall Italian cypress. They smell divine. Give good quality mulch on the top or a good layer of leaves to break down and feed them. I feed some inexpensive lawn food twice a year. It also eats banana peels, melon rinds, carrot tops, old lettuce, whatever I have to give. I pull the leaves back and put the scraps down and cover it up again. The worms do the rest....See MoreTea Olive (Osmanthus fragrans ) hedge in zone 7a?
Comments (3)I have one 10' tall OF that survives here without winter protection or summer watering at all. New leaves do get damaged by cold but the old ones stay ok. I also have 4 new tiny OF I planted a year ago. All survived the winter without protection. Although one of them (the one on the site least protected from winds) dropped all of the leaves and I carefully covered it by plastic bucket every night below freeze temperature when it started to grow buds. Now it seems fine but most of the last year's growth is dead. I guess I am in a pretty similar climate as yours, maybe just 5 degrees warmer in the winter. So I think a lot depends on a particular site where you plant your hedge. If it has adequate protection from winds you may be fine. Not all cultivars are equal for winter hardiness, but I have no data on that. The one that dropped the leaves is "Tian Xiang Taige", but I have another one that was fine in a more protected spot. Not all cultivars would be suitable for hedge either. From what I have, the big plant of unknown variety is rather vertical, as well as "Ri Xiang Gui". "Tian Xiang Taige" tends to sprout new trunks from the base, so it may work better as a hedge. I do not know about the rest of cultivars....See Morefragrant2008
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