Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Rotundifolius' Fred Meyer so that from a distance

so that from a distance the whole shrub takes on a warm

and can be espaliered against a warm wall to show off its flowering wood

densely branched frame suited to gardens and parks

and open woods across most of the continent

Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Rotundifolius' Fred Meyer so that from a distanceAmong the false hollies, 'Rotundifolius' is the gentle contrarian. Where the species arms the youthful leaves with fierce holly spines, this old form lays them down entirely: the leaves are small, thick, and rounded, nearly circular and spineless, a heavy, puckered dark green that reads more like boxwood or a miniature bergenia than an osmanthus. The oddity is the whole appeal, a curiosity that stops a plantsman mid path. The name heterophyllus, Greek