Osmanthus fragrans 'Conger Yellow' Gene Cline where the winter-long bloom feeds

where the winter-long bloom feeds hummingbirds and butterflies through the dry months when little else is working

in a gravel or dry garden

or an understory planting among high pines where the deep pink can carry

and real adaptability in one modest package

the Ashe magnolia blooms while still young and small

Osmanthus fragrans 'Conger Yellow' Gene Cline where the winter-long bloom feedsFor all the sweet osmanthus grown across the South, most carry the same tiny white flowers, so 'Conger Yellow' arrives as a quiet surprise: a clone bearing clusters of soft, butter yellow blooms against notably large, glossy leaves. The flowers keep the family gift, that warm apricot and honey perfume that drifts on autumn air and, in mild climates, returns in scattered flushes through much of the year, strongest as evening cools. The species itself,