Osmanthus x fortunei ‘San Jose' Bob McCartney and any moist or irrigated

and any moist or irrigated bed

upright habit and plant for the nose

the plant works as a low informal hedge

all with the salt tolerance and toughness of the family

is a botanical rarity with a story as striking as the summer bloom

Osmanthus x fortunei ‘San Jose' Bob McCartney and any moist or irrigatedOsmanthus x fortunei 'San Jose' is a large, upright member of Fortune's tea olive, the garden hybrid that crosses the false holly, Osmanthus heterophyllus, with the sweet olive, Osmanthus fragrans. Among the fortunei clones, 'San Jose' stands apart for thinner, more finely toothed leaves and a taller, more upright habit, a plant that reaches for height where others spread. This is one of the bigger tea olives, building over time into a dense evergreen