Osmanthus x fortunei ‘San Jose' Bob McCartney this cultivar holds the blossoms

this cultivar holds the blossoms upright and alert

the plant works as a low informal hedge

" Evergreen and good-looking

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

since the bitterness keeps animals off and human cases are rare

Osmanthus x fortunei ‘San Jose' Bob McCartney this cultivar holds the blossomsOsmanthus 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