General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8b -9.4 °C (15 °F) to -6.7 °C (20 °F)
Plant Height: 10 to 30 feet
Plant Spread: 8 to 15 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Edible to birds
Other: Small, globose single seeded green drupes, maturing to blue-black.
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Blooms on old wood
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Dioecious

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Common names
  • Devilwood
  • Scrub Wild Olive
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Cartrema floridana
  • Synonym: Osmanthus megacarpus
  • Synonym: Osmanthus americanus var. megacarpus

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Location: National Botanical Garden (DC) | November 2022
Date: 2022-11-26

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