About

Orixa japonica, the Japanese orixa, is a spreading, slender-branched deciduous shrub producing aromatic, dark-green leaves that turn pale-lemon yellow in autumn. Small, greenish male and female flowers are carried on separate plants � females singly, males in small sprays � sometimes followed by four-lobed, brown fruit 2 cm across in autumn. An elegant and ornamental shrub for a sheltered, moist, partly shaded garden.

About the genus

Orixa are deciduous shrubs with elegant, aromatic foliage turning lemon-yellow in autumn and small, greenish flowers on separate male and female plants. Grown in sheltered, moist, partly shaded gardens.

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