Osmanthus Burkwoodii For Sale

Osmanthus x burkwoodii is a vining, climbing, evergreen hedge plant. It is commonly found growing wild in fields and parks but it is more commonly available if you look online for nurseries or purchase pre-cut plants from nurseries. As it’s a small plant at only 1m high and wide, it can easily be placed in most spaces and you may struggle to spot the one you need if it’s growing among other plants. It does like light but we have found this plant tolerates partial shade especially in the summer months.

In the winter when it opens as a ramshackled bush, it can go quite dormant. In the spring you can easily get it to wake. Due to the incredible number of minuscule seeds in the flower these are best sown right after being collected. Brown seeds will scatter quite deeply which means they do not germinate immediately, hence the 1–2 week period it can take for the seeds to grow. We love to give reliable information regarding new day traded & collectible plants, so please do let us know if you have found an amazing plant & are happy to share links. Also, if you are lucky enough to find an amazing plant you can #findosmanthus on Twitter or Instagram! The data provided in our profiles is collected via Twitter DSV and Instagram API as well as additional information that we have collected via sales & contact form.

Osmanthus burkwoodii of ilex crenata is a rare species found throughout much of Britain this hedge has a citrusy scent to it and has widely spreading margins like many of the other species.

Osmanthus x burkwoodii is getting ready to blossom and improve your garden space in 2019. Plants have been discovered in the UK using seed from a leylandii species introduced into the UK in 1882.We are very grateful to JWN Landscape for creating an excellent seed-starting medium. Pruning is not necessary though if pulled back into one long continuous growth spur to encourage wider spreading margins.

Osmanthus x burkwoodii can achieve the same size of spreading margins as many osmundlii species but the interesting feature of this species is that it flowers only once which produces nice singles in spring. Females overwinter on the top of the hedge often tucked away under smaller branches. It is not usually much attacked by pests.

Cut back cutting the hedge back after a few weeks of summer rain will encourage new growth to form or promote a long-lasting bloom with this hedge blooming last year and last year only. Healthy hedges need time to avoid frost. Further trimming will also result in a lower growth rate and less blooming.

Osmanthus x burkwoodii also comes in individual plants but the plants do better in small groups.
This plant can be grown in containers but doing so will limit the number of blooms and also the number of plants which can be grown over the lifetime of the plant.

Originally published as a guest writer on our sister site, Garden Helpline. Check out other hardy hedging plants in our database.

Osmanthus x burkwoodii is popular with gardeners because of its choice for areas wanting more privacy and warmth. It does better in cooler areas and should be pruned back if planted too close to the house as above. Deciduous vines grow from a common, oval-shaped wood formed by a large scale which curls up when dried. It is an evergreen shrub to 6m high and is over-wintering now. Just like many other rare and beautiful species from this genus, we planted this as a straight hedge at the front door with 4x4 threaded strip tape as a hedge anchor.

Osmanthus x burkwoodii like the name suggests has a woody climbing vine. It has 1 to 5 spikes and is also used as a culinary herb but is not a regular culinary herb. Like many vines, the outer layer of tissue eats stored sugars and releases substances which the vine uses to form new growing tips. We pruned back the vines in spring of each year when they are young to encourage new growth. It has a great spring bloom with up to 5 blossom clusters in March, followed by 3 or 4 fruiting splendor clusters in April.

As it is evergreen, it needs light to keep growing new growth and will bear shiny black seeds all summer. (if you see only pistils or just tiny seed pods), just go ahead and harvest the young shoots. We sold a few plants to a local garden centre who these weeks passed the plants through to their pickers and they had already bought lots of plants back from us, so these plants are highly prized and everyone should see them!

Osmanthus x burkwoodii making excellent houseplants or including in bird baths and eyeworm hoses attracting nectar-seeking bees. Make sure this plant doesn’t get too wet though as it likes dry soil. See also bee care for nectar collecting bees.

Originally from Turku, Finland this species seems to have been introduced to the UK where it is now becoming common both in the garden and in flower beds, it is probably a late to maturing species and probably prone to stress from cold temperatures but it is a lovely evergreen plant having small but well-spaced showy spikes of small white flowers on a dark green oval wooded trunk.