Scientific Name:
Osmanthus
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burkwoodii
Pronunciation:
oz-MAN-thus ex BURK-wood-ee-eye
Common Name:
Burkwood osmanthus
Family Name:
Oleaceae
Plant Type:
Broadleaf evergreen
Key ID Features:
Leaves opposite, ovate, most 4-8cm long x 2-3.5cm wide, glossy dark-green, leathery, finely serrate; flowers fragrant, white, tubular corolla with 4 spreading petal lobes, mid-spring, <1cm wide; fruit rare.
Habit:
Twiggy
Form:
Round
Texture:
Medium - coarse
Mature Height:
2 - 3m
Mature Spread:
2 - 3m
Growth Rate:
Moderate
Origin:
Garden origin (O. delavayi X O. decorus)
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Acidic, Well-drained
Water Use:
Moderate
Landscape Uses:
Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Woodland margin
Additional Info:
Google. Leaves and plants are more than twice the size of O. delavayi' (habits of both plants are similar).
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple
Arrangement:
Opposite
Texture/Venation:
Leathery, Pinnate venation
Surfaces:
Glabrous, Lustrous
Colour in Fall:
Green
Shapes:
Lanceolate, Ovate
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Cuneate
Margins:
Serrulate
Additional Info:
to 5cm long
Inflorescence Type:
Flowers clustered
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
4
Corolla Shape:
Salverform
Ovary Position:
Superior
Colour (petals):
Showy, White
Flower Scent:
Fragrant
Flower Time at Peak:
Apr, May
Fruit Type:
Drupe, Aborted (hybrids) or absent
Fruit Colour:
Blue, Black
Fruiting Time:
Aug
Additional Info:
Fruit insignificant, Rarely formed
Bark Morphology:
Lightly fissured, Multi-stem trunk
Bark or Stem Colour:
Grey, Tan
Propagation:
Greenwood cuttings, Layering
Maintenance:
Low
Pest Susceptibility:
(Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Drought tolerant)
Course(s):
- HORT 1155
Location(s):
- (GAZ) GAZebo
- (GAZN) GAZebo North
- (PHA) PolyHouse and Area : 1 in pot
- (PPL) Pine PLanting : 231
- (TFL) Turf Field Lab