Main Fountain Garden District

The dense, pyramidal 'Bracken's Brown Beauty' has lustrous evergreen leaves of a dark-green shade. At maturity, it reaches a height of about 35 feet and a width of 20 feet. Its large white flowers are lemon-scented and bloom in the late spring.  These blooms form fascinating fruits with large red seeds after flowering.  This southern magnolia cultivar prefers full or part sun and moist soil. It has no serious pest problems and tolerates winter conditions far better than the species.  Considered a beautiful specimen tree, southern magnolia, with its many ornamental characteristics, earns a standalone place in the garden where it can be admired.  Look for other plantings of Magnolia grandiflora throughout the gardens!  

Osmanthus heterophyllus is a broadleaf, evergreen shrub, indigenous to Korea, Taiwan and Japan, with glossy, deep green leaves with spines that resemble hollies. The little white blossoms that appear in October and November fill the garden with fragrance.  ‘Gulftide’ is a selection that grows to 5 feet tall and 3 feet across. It thrives in either sun or partial shade, and any type of soil, even dense clay.  Holly osmanthus is not eaten by deer and has no serious pests or diseases and can be cultivated as an individual specimen, combined with other shrubs, or shaped into a lovely hedge.