| Scientific Name: | Osmanthus heterophyllus |
| Common Name: | variegated holly osmanthus, false holly |
| Family Name: | Oleaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 3 - 5m x 4 - 5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Hedge row, Mixed shrub border, Topiary |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Sheltered |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Leathery, Prickly, Glabrous, Lustrous, Elliptic, Oblanceolate, Oblong, Ovate, Entire, Incised |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, White, Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Blue, Purple, Black |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Large evergreen shrub; leaves opposite, ovate-elliptic to oblong-oblanceolate, most 4-8cm long x 2-4cm wide, variegated, margins spinose (look like a variegated Ilex aquifolium except Ilex has alternate leaves); flowers white, fragrant, clusters, tubular, in fall, about 5mm wide. | |