Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Spike' - GARDEN TREASURES INTRODUCTION - RARE lotus form NC area as well as

NC area as well as the heat and humidity (typically our climate is a death sentence for Aucuba omeiensis)

Camellia japonica 'Volunteer' is great as a specimen or can be used in mass plantings in shade to part shade

tea olive)  is an upright shrub with dark green

The yellow mottled leaves vary in intensity from plant to plant and even time of the year

Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Spike' - GARDEN TREASURES INTRODUCTION - RARE lotus form NC area as well asOsmanthus heterophyllus 'Spike' (holly osmanthus, holly olive, false holly, tea olive) is an upright shrub with dark green, extremely spikey leaves and small, fragrant white flowers. Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Spike' is a Garden Treasures introduction originating as a seedling from 'Sasaba' and has the same upright growth habit as the parent plant (appears to be even narrower growing) and EXTREMELY spiny leaves. Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Spike' makes a