This fragrant, flowering evergreen shrub delights the senses. What's that fragrance perfuming the garden air? It's tea olive, the glossy-leaved shrub known by the scientific name Osmanthus fragrans.

Natchez' is a cultivated hybrid of Osmanthus x fortunei, which has origins tracing back to other species in the Oleaceae family, such as the fragrant tea olive and the false holly. But don't worry ...