Osmanthus x fortunei ‘San Jose' Bob McCartney all with the salt tolerance

all with the salt tolerance and toughness of the family

As a Woodlanders selection of the evergreen southern sweetbay

this cultivar holds the blossoms upright and alert

Use the plant as an evergreen screen

upright habit and plant for the nose

Osmanthus x fortunei ‘San Jose' Bob McCartney all with the salt toleranceOsmanthus 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