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Identify this tree

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Nourishinghandcream · 07/04/2025 20:00

Can anyone identify this tree please?
Currently lots of blossom and the scent is to die for.
Will definitely be planting one as soon as I work out what it is.🙂

Identify this tree
Identify this tree
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WarriorN · 07/04/2025 20:01

osmanthus

only learnt that last week!

https://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/osmanthus--burkwoodii/classid.4171/

Nourishinghandcream · 07/04/2025 20:12

That was speedy, thank you.👍

The description certainly goes out of its way to emphasize the lovely smell.
I hadn't noticed that it was evergreen, I normally just walk under the tree but since the blossom has come out, it is the small that has caught my attention.

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Ukholidaysaregreat · 07/04/2025 20:14

Is it sometimes called fake orange?

vandelier · 07/04/2025 20:18

Ukholidaysaregreat · 07/04/2025 20:14

Is it sometimes called fake orange?

That's what I was thinking also, except I heard it called Mock Orange. Same thing!

B1indEye · 07/04/2025 20:27

I use Google lens when I see a plant I like, you get the answer instantly

WarriorN · 07/04/2025 20:47

vandelier · 07/04/2025 20:18

That's what I was thinking also, except I heard it called Mock Orange. Same thing!

Mock Orange has flowers that are more rose like and I think come out in summer. Next door has one. Also deciduous

https://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/philadelphus-virginal/classid.4192/

WarriorN · 07/04/2025 20:48

Mock Orange is also another utterly heavenly smelling plant for summer evenings

ohnowwhatcanitbe · 08/04/2025 14:58

This is why it is better to use latin names for plants instead of common names. Same common name, two totally different species.

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