Osmanthus suavis prophouse often marked with purple at

often marked with purple at the base of the petals

the sort of pungency that persuades deer and rabbits to browse elsewhere

This is a working tree as much as an ornamental one

Ilex opaca 'Jersey Knight' is a male American holly bred for one essential job

Osmanthus suavis prophouse often marked with purple atOsmanthus suavis is the mountain member of the sweet olive family, a shrub of quiet, upright grace carried down from high ground. Native to the cool slopes of the eastern Himalayas and the misted forests of southwest China, the plant has the unhurried resilience of alpine flora, and the narrow, pointed, finely toothed leaves, darkly lustrous and neatly held, give a formal, upright presence the year round. The epithet suavis means sweet or agreeable in