Osmanthus x fortunei
BOTANICAL NAME: Osmantus x fortunei
COMMON NAME: “Fortune’s Osmanthus”
ATTRACTS: Bees & Pollinators
RESISTANT: Deer
BLOOM COLOR/ TIME: Small, white fragrant flowers in Spring and Fall
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Full to Part Sun
HEIGHT: 15 to 20 feet
WIDTH: 6 to 10 feet
EVERGREEN OR DECIDUOUS: Evergreen
WATER REQUIREMENTS: Average
SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Moist, well-drained, acidic soils
GARDEN ATTRIBUTES: Fragrant flowers
Deer resistant
Drought tolerant
HARDINESS ZONES: 7-9
Fortune’s Osmanthus is a dense, oval-rounded broadleaf evergreen large shrub/small tree. It has small, fragrant white flowers in Spring and Fall. Good choice for privacy screening, hedge or as a specimen.