Osmanthus heterophyllus tricolour

Very pretty Shirley :)

I love this plant....on my shopping list, next visit to Gc!:-)

Also known as false Holly ... hope you find one in your GC. I pass a house most days where there are two of them ... right up to top of the wall ... hope mine grow like that too!

I have always admired these too but thought they would grow too big for my garden :(

Gee - RHS says the ultimate height is 1 to 1.5 mtrs in 10-20 years ... not a fast grower then!

That's interesting, Shirley, I always thought they grew much larger than that! Being short (under 5' now I've shrunk!) everything seems tall to me :) I might treat myself to one of these for the new planting areas in my back garden :)

Go for it ... I too am shrinking as it's a real effort to reach the cake tins from the cupboard above the oven these days! :o(