Osmanthus
I was sold a plant as an osmanthus many years ago. It does have the 'holly' leaves, a beautiful scent from the small white flowers and is now about 4 ft high. My question is this: can anyone tell me which variety flowers late summer\autumn, and when is the best time to prune it please.
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O. fragrans is later than most but I don't grow this one so can't help with pruning
I think it's probably osmanthus x fortunei, from the leaf description, but that flowers in autumn. There is a rarer species, O. yunnanensis, late winter flowering, bigger leaf though. Evergreen, so selective pruning in mid-spring, because later will lose you the flower. It may be that you forego the flower for one year to get it into shape, then leave it for a year or two before doing it again.
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Last edited: 26 February 2017 12:20:07
Thank you, good to have a feedback!