Absinthe Devilwood

Our native Osmanthus, known as Devilwood because of the difficulty in working the wood, is the one of the best native examples of treeform evergreen, a niche often represented by the non-native Fragrant Tea Olive or Burford Holly. Seedlings can tend to be semi-evergreen, but Absinthe was chosen for its fully evergreen, lustrous foliage. This small evergreen tree is extremely drought tolerant and, although it is normally found in sandy soils, it is quite tolerant of heavier clay soils as well.