Osmanthus fragrans grow better in such an environment.

Osmanthus fragrans

Osmanthus fragrans, osmanthus fragrans, murraya paniculata, golden chestnut

Morphological Characteristics of Osmanthus fragrans

Osmanthus fragrans is an evergreen tree or shrub, bark grayish brown, twigs yellowish brown, glabrous. Osmanthus leaves elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, apex acuminate. Petiole 0.8-1.2 cm long, up to 15 cm long. Cymes clustered in leaf axils, with numerous flowers in each axil. The flowers are very fragrant. Corolla white, pale yellow, yellow or orange, three to four mm long, corolla tube only 0.5-1 mm long. Fruit oblique, elliptic, 1-1.5 cm long, purple-black. The flowering period is from September to early October, and the fruiting period is March of the following year.

Ecological Habits of Osmanthus fragrans

Sweet osmanthus love warm and humid environment, strong resistance, both high temperature resistance, but also more cold. The average temperature in the growing area is 14-28 degrees Celsius. Humidity is very important for the growth and development of osmanthus fragrans, requiring an annual average humidity of 75%-85%, especially during the young stage and flowering period. In case of drought, it will affect flowering. 6-8 hours of light per day is generally required.

Osmanthus fragrans is more fond of sunshine. Under full sunlight, branches and leaves grow luxuriantly, flowers flourish, branches and leaves grow sparsely in shade, flowers are scarce. Sweet osmanthus love wet, but bogey ponding, also have a certain drought tolerance. The requirements for the soil are not strict, except for alkaline and low-lying or too viscous, poor drainage soil, generally can grow.

Osmanthus is suitable for planting in ventilated and translucent places. Like clean and ventilated environment, not resistant to smoke and dust hazards, afraid of flooding and water accumulation, if encountered with waterlogging hazards, the root system is black and rotten, the leaves are first scorched and withered, then the whole leaves are withered and fall off, resulting in the death of the whole plant; not very cold-resistant, but compared with other evergreen broad-leaved species, it is still a relatively cold-resistant species.

The meaning of osmanthus flowers

Chinese people imply osmanthus as "noble","beautiful","auspicious","friendly","loyal person" and "upright and unyielding","immortal friend","immortal guest"; cassia twig as "outstanding person" and "official career"; European and American cassia twig as "glory","honor".