No need of bright colors The osmanthus (also known as the sweet olive or fragrant tea olive) has been artificially cultivated in China for over 2000 years. It has had many friends throughout history, but surely the most sensitive and tasteful eulogy is the one quoted above, by the Northern Song poetess Li Qingzhao.
桂花在中國有兩千年以上的栽種歷史，不乏歷代知音，但是最能體貼入微，又不落俗典的，要屬北宋女詞人李清照的這首詠桂之作。