Olea yunnanensis Fragrant and botanists now place the

and botanists now place the plant in the segregate genus Cartrema

calls the shrub the King of Hanging Bells and the Hong Kong Rose

and drought are all shrugged off

a natural hybrid between two southeastern native hollies: the stately American holly

Lindera megaphylla grows slowly into a large

Olea yunnanensis Fragrant and botanists now place theA true olive for the shade, Olea yunnanensis is the sort of plant that rewards the gardener who reads labels twice. The genus is the olive genus, kin to the ancient Mediterranean fruit tree and to the sweet olives and privets of the same family, yet this species hails from the mountains of Yunnan in southwestern China rather than the sun baked hills of the Old World. The narrow, leathery, dark green leaves carry an unmistakable Osmanthus cast, glossy