I can honestly say that no plant perfumes the garden better than the amazing Osmanthus fragrans ‘Conger Yellow’. We currently grow nine cultivars of tea olive, but none can hold a candle to the fragrance of this yellow-flowered clone. Anyone visiting the garden in September/October is dazzled by the fragrance from up to 200′ away…a feat that no other plant can match. Our 20 year old specimen is truly a sight and fragrance to behold.
Thanks for this post about ‘Conger Yellow’ Osmanthus. Here in Virginia’s zone 7a I have grown Osmanthus x fortune for years and love the fragrance. Recently I have begun trying my hand at some of the Osmanthus fragrans, so I’m always on the lookout for hardier-than-usual cultivars. Is ‘Conger Yellow’ similar in hardiness to O.f. thunbergii? Or ‘Clemson Yellow”? Do you think these are different from each other or just different names for the same plant? Lastly, do you have any idea where I might be able to purchase O.f. ‘Conger Yellow’? Also, I’m not expected you to post this. I’m just curious.
woodlanders.net has it currently listed.
Will you be selling this? Google search reports no available seller.
That is shocking that it doesn’t show up on-line. Try Nurseries Caroliniana, https://nurcar.com/ They have the largest offering of Osmanthus fragrans cultivars, and even if they don’t list it, I’d be surprised if they don’t have some in the nursery.
Woodlanders Nursery in SC has it in stock on-line. Try woodlanders.net
Wow! can it take the heat of Z10a?
That’s a very good questions, and I’m afraid we don’t have a concrete answer since we don’t trust much of the plant information we find on-line. We do know that it’s native in parts of China that never drop below 45 degrees F, so that would indicate that it should be fine in tropical climates. It is also listed in the database of Useful Tropical Plants on-line. Hope this helps.