Osmanthus x burkwoodii
Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- oz-MAN-thus berk-WOOD-ee-eye
- Description
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Burkwood Osmanthus is an evergreen shrub that is tall and compact and grows up to 6-10' in it. This plant blooms in spring and flowers are inconspicuous but are highly aromatic. This plant is often utilized as a hedge or as a specimen plant. This plant tolerate alkaline soils, pollution, shade, and drought. This plant is slow growing and does well in hardy zones 6-8. This plant is particularly resistant to damage by deer and has no serious pest and disease problems.
Form: haystack
Quick ID Hints:
- Two types of leaves, serrulate and entire
- Opposite leaves with lenticeled stem
- Fragrant, inconspicuous flowers in spring
- Evergreen shrub with decussate leaf arrangement
- See this plant in the following landscape:
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Osmanthus
- Family:
- Oleaceae
- Dimensions:
- Height: 6 ft. 0 in. - 10 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 6 ft. 0 in. - 10 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Shrub
- Habit/Form:
- Dense
- Rounded
- Growth Rate:
- Slow
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil pH:
- Acid (<6.0)
- Alkaline (>8.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Occasionally Wet
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 6b, 6a, 7b, 7a, 8b, 8a
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Black
- Blue
- Purple/Lavender
- Fruit Type:
- Drupe
- Fruit Description:
- Fruits are an ovoid bluish purple-black to black drupe that are seldom seen in cultivation.
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- White
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Cyme
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Flower Petals:
- 4-5 petals/rays
- Flower Size:
- < 1 inch
- Flower Description:
- Flowers are white, 4-lobed, fragrant, less than an inch in size, and have 2 yellow stamens. Inflorescence is a short cyme in leaf axils.
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Leaves:
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Opposite
- Leaf Shape:
- Elliptical
- Oblong
- Ovate
- Leaf Margin:
- Entire
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- 1-3 inches
- Leaf Description:
- Leaves are opposite, decussate, simple, ovate to oblong-elliptic, narrow acute, cuneate, and have serrulate marginal teeth (mature leaves tend to be entire). Leaves are dark green above and paler beneath. They are glabrous and 1-1.5" long.
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Green
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Lenticels:
- Conspicuous
- Stem Description:
- Twigs are squarish, green, and have numerous lenticels.
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Landscape:
- Design Feature:
- Hedge
- Specimen
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Deer
- Drought
- Pollution
