page_title: Osmanthus fragrans
section_title: Cultivation
hierarchical_section_title: Osmanthus fragrans / Cultivation
caption_attribution_description: English: A picture of Osmanthus fragrans in full bloom (Chinese name, Guihua), taken in Jingjiang, Jiangsu, China.
context_page_description: Osmanthus fragrans, variously known as sweet osmanthus, sweet olive, tea olive, and fragrant olive, is a species native to Asia from the Himalayas through southern China to Taiwan, southern Japan and Southeast Asia as far south as Cambodia and Thailand.
  In China, it is the "city flower" of the cities of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province and Guilin, Guangxi Province. In Japan, it is the "city tree" of Kitanagoya, Aichi Prefecture and Beppu, Oita Prefecture, and the "town tree" of Yoshitomi, Fukuoka Prefecture.
context_section_description: It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in East Asian gardens, and gardens in Europe, North America, and elsewhere in the world for its deliciously fragrant flowers which carry the scent of ripe peaches or apricots. A number of cultivars have been selected for garden use, with varying flower colors, such as Osmanthus fragrans 'Yanhua' with its variegated foliage and orange blooms. Within Japan, the white- and orange-blossoming subspecies are distinguished as ginmokusei (銀木犀, lit. "silver osmanthus") and kinmokusei (金木犀, lit. "gold osmanthus"), respectively.
caption: Osmanthus fragrans in full bloom (October) in Jingjiang, China
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