Named for its glandular hairy shoots and leaves. This lovely Eastern United States native is related to the heath family and has drooping, white, midsummer hop-like fruits. Fall color is yellow, red, or purple. Soil must be well-drained and acid. […]

This perennial is a neat compact mass, 4 to 8 inches tall, which spreads by surface rhizomes, has 3 to 4 inch long grey-green leaves with linear-shaped, toothed margins. Long stalks bear solitary flowerheads 2 inches across with mauve-pink ray […]

This is a showy, clump-forming perennial, which spreads by surface rhizomes, has 3 to 4 inch long grey-green leaves with linear-shaped, toothed margins. Long stalks bear solitary flowerheads 2 inches across with mauve-pink ray florets and central discs that age […]

This is a genus of evergreen shrubs with fragrant flowers that is similar to the Osmanthus. Leaves are oval, sometimes having small teeth or spines and range from a flat dull green to a glossy dark green. The late winter […]

This variegated cultivar is a dense, rounded evergreen that forms an inpenetrable thicket, growing 8 to 10 feet in height, not quite as wide. Older specimens may reach 15 feet tall. The leaves are green with yellow margins. On young […]

Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Purpureus’ is a dense, rounded evergreen that forms an inpenetrable thicket, growing 8 to 10 feet in height, not quite as wide. Older specimens may reach 15 feet. On young plants the leaves are simple and elliptic and […]

Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Myrtifolius’ is a dense, rounded evergreen that forms an inpenetrable thicket. The leaves are 2 inches long, high-lustre, dark green above, and yellowish-green below. The tiny white flowers are extremely fragrant, hidden amongst the leaves, blooming between early […]

Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Gulftide’ is a compact, rounded evergreen that forms an inpenetrable thicket with its spiny leaves. Grows 8 feet in height and about 10 feet in width. The leaves are high-lustre, dark green above, and yellowish-green below. On young […]

Osmanthus heterophyllus is a dense, rounded evergreen that forms an inpenetrable thicket, growing 8 to 10 feet in height, not quite as wide. Older specimens may reach 15 feet. The leaves are high-lustre, dark green above, and yellowish-green below. On […]

Osmanthus fragrans is the least cold hardy member of the genus. Along mild coastal areas it can grow to be a large shrub or small tree, reaching 20 to 30 feet tall, inland it suffers from frost damage, and is […]