Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Gulftide' Deer-Resistant Trim faded heads to tidy

Trim faded heads to tidy the shrub and coax a later flush

then mulch with pine straw

and early species crocus for a winter picture that smells as good as it looks

compact shrub that disappears under clusters of tiny white flowers in April and perfumes the whole garden around it

What he kept is a flower that resists being called simply pink or white

Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Gulftide' Deer-Resistant Trim faded heads to tidy'Gulftide' is the tea olive to reach for when you want the fragrance of the genus and the toughness to carry it through a cold winter. A dense, upright evergreen with glossy, dark green, spiny holly like leaves, this selection covers itself in tiny waxy white flowers in autumn, and the scent they throw is out of all proportion to the size of the bloom, sweet and carrying, one of the real pleasures of the fall garden. The plant is a form of Osmanthus