What are they?

http://www.ncsu.edu/facilities/buildings/hillsborough.html

10/23/2011 4:49:24 PM

10/23/2011 4:55:04 PM

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"PAPER LIKE BARK"

10/23/2011 4:55:18 PM

They look leafy.

10/23/2011 5:04:06 PM

these the ones that have the little white flowers that smell really nice right around now? if so, i think they're called osmanthus

10/23/2011 5:05:00 PM

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"these the ones that have the little white flowers that smell really nice like jizz right around now?"

ftfy

10/23/2011 5:25:51 PM

bradford pear trees smell terrrible

10/23/2011 5:30:35 PM

bradford pears smell nasty, yes. but they don't flower now.

i haven't been on campus in years, so i'm trying to remember if the trees i described are even outside that building.

10/23/2011 5:33:32 PM

my guess is also tea olive



[Edited on October 23, 2011 at 6:03 PM. Reason : .]

10/23/2011 6:02:58 PM

Not sure of what tree/shrub that is. But I remember Bryce Lane (hort prof) telling a story about how those are pruned at the base to give them the tree-form. It's a shrub of some sort.

10/23/2011 6:10:55 PM

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"[quote]these the ones that have the little white flowers that smell really nice like jizz right around now?"

ftfy[/quote]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHze0SqB5Zg

10/23/2011 10:23:24 PM

10/23/2011 10:27:42 PM

^Autoplay? Nein, Nein, Nein!

10/23/2011 10:29:52 PM

osmanthus fragrans
smell awesome every fall!

10/23/2011 10:42:44 PM

they smell awful. I will continue to avoid that side of the street until further notice.

10/23/2011 11:23:41 PM

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"these the ones that have the little white flowers that smell really nice right around now? if so, i think they're called osmanthus"

Smelly really nice? Those things are fucking awful. There's some on campus along the steps after the pedestrian tunnel and before Riddick. There's more on Dan Allen, Cates, and some other Central Campus areas.

I hated them when I used to live on campus.

10/23/2011 11:37:53 PM

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"SMELLY REALLY NICE"

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10/23/2011 11:49:29 PM

10/23/2011 11:56:44 PM

^^How dare you mock the language of my peoples you insensitive prick!

10/24/2011 12:03:04 AM

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"INSENSITIVE PRICK !"

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10/24/2011 12:03:54 AM

Those things do smell terrible. Cloyingly sweet, unpleasant fragrance. Not as bad as a bradford pear but not good.

And, yes, they are basically really huge shrubs. I thought they were kind of holly-like but I wasn't really sure. Had to walk past those suckers just about every day when I worked in that building.

10/24/2011 9:16:00 AM

the flowers make great tea if you like the smell...

10/24/2011 10:24:25 AM

Looks more like Osmanthus fortunei than fragrans. fortunei is planted all over campus.

10/24/2011 11:07:24 AM

i always called those things "hillsborough building's boobs"

10/24/2011 6:51:00 PM