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OSMANTHUS BURKWOODII
I'm about to plant this shrub - a large specimen supplied with a wrapped root ball and approx. 150cm tall. The site will be against a fence, sheltered and quite sunny, Any advice please on what to add to the planting hole to help it along - I would normally use FBB but perhaps a specific root 'treatment' at this time of year would be in order?
Thank you.
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Hi Pinkpeony, I am new to this site and I have two of these shrubs, they are about 15 years in the ground now. Initially when I planted them, I added rotted farm yard manure (FYM) to the planting holes that's all and they took off. Osmanthus is an easy shrub to grow and is quick growing. I prune mine to keep them at a manageable height after flowering ... hope this helps you
I would add some well rotted manure or some chicken manure pellets to the soil and hole to give it a kick start when you planted it, then mulch every spring with manure again to give it a kick every spring
I planted this about eighteen months ago in a newly built raised bed. Didn't do anything in particular - bit of B,F and B and good compost. It's covered in flowers at the moment and is very happy. The advice is to keep sheltered from cold winds but mine has had plenty of those and doesn't seem to have been affected.
As yours is a bigger specimen, I'd just keep an eye on it for the first couple of months to make sure it establishes properly.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thank you all for your replies - not visited the site for a few days so was not aware of your response (usually get an email??) . The osmanthus is in place and being watered regularly - still not enough rain in this area. I used some farmyard manure in bags from the garden centre and added some Levingtons compost left over from another project. I think it looks OK , but perhaps the leaves are a little pale?
Thanks again for your help.