Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Variegatus' 25/12 Restock The Neches River rose mallow

The Neches River rose mallow lives in a strange and specific habitat: seasonally flooded sloughs and oxbow margins

or anywhere the conditions of the native cobble bars can be approximated

tighter clone was found some years ago near Jacksonville

the laurel family

which sounds minor and is

Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Variegatus' 25/12 Restock The Neches River rose mallow'Variegatus' brings light to the false holly. The spiny, holly like evergreen leaves are edged in clean creamy white against a dark green center, so the whole shrub reads as a soft glow at a distance and a crisp, formal pattern up close. The variegation lifts a shaded corner the year round, a quiet luminance that the plain green species cannot offer. An old and dependable selection of Osmanthus heterophyllus, whose name means different leaved in Greek