Fragrant Tea Olive Hedge

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Fragrant tea olive hedge. Fragrant tea olive is an evergreen broadleaf type of osmanthus that is borderline famous for its extremely fragrant small white flower clusters. Pinch back new growth. Width is similar to height. Department of agriculture hardiness zones 7b through 9. Growth rate of tea olives is slow to moderate approximately 4 to 12 inches per year. Osmanthus fragrans fudingzhu fragrant olive is a medium sized evergreen shrub or small tree of upright oval to columnar habit prized for the powerful fragrance of its flowers. Wait until the top 3 inches of soil dry out before.

Before planting your tea olive in the ground moisten the roots and set it in the shade for a few days. Blooms begin to appear in mid spring and last several weeks. Make the pruning cut 1 4 inch. Amazing fragrant blooms for months a friend of mine cherished the visits from his grandchildren but worried that the younger ones would eventually forget about their time together. The delightfully apricot like fragrance produced by these flower clusters can be easily detected from 50 60 feet away. Tea olive mature height spread. Fragrant tea olives begin blooming in fall and in warm climates the blooms continue all winter.

Apply a complete fertilizer in early spring such. How to prune tea olive shrubs step 1. Water regularly in the first year after planting. Flowers of all tea olive. Passers by will wonder at the source of the delightful fragrance never suspecting the tiny little flowers on the osmanthus shrub. Blooming profusely from fall to spring the large clusters of tiny creamy white flowers cover this densely branched shrub. Aurantiacus features citrusy fragrant blooms and is more cold hardy than most tea olives.

One of the most refreshing signs of fall and spring is the unique and memorable fragrance of tea olive in full bloom. Growing osmanthus plants as a hedge creates a wall of fragrance. An orange blooming variety of tea olive osmanthus fragrans f. He wanted to crea. Cut off any broken dead or diseased foliage or branches from the tea olive regardless of the time of year.