(Herunterladen) Full Grown Fragrant Tea Olive Shrub
One of the most refreshing signs of fall and spring is the unique and memorable fragrance of tea olive in full bloom.
Full grown fragrant tea olive shrub. Their scent makes them ideal for planting near windows and outdoor living areas where the fall blooming flowers can be readily enjoyed. How to care for a tea olive shrub 1. The fragrance has been compared to that of jasmine orange blossoms or peaches. Water the plant with 1 inch of water a week during the first growing season as it becomes established. Enjoy fragrant blooms and evergreen leaves for years to come sweet olive trees osmanthus fragrans grow as evergreen shrubs or trees with sweet smelling blooms in the winter and spring months. Tea olives osmanthus species are some of the most sweetly fragrant plants in southern gardens. It can tolerate clay loam or sandy soil but.
The new southern living garden book describes the stats of the evergreen shrub this way long a favorite of southern gardeners tea olive is broad dense compact. Grown as a shrub or limbed up over time into either a multi trunked or single trunked tree you ll love exploring the ways fragrant tea olive can decorate your landscape. Tea olives grow as dense evergreen shrubs or small trees. An orange blooming variety of tea olive osmanthus fragrans f. An unforgettable fragrance merges with slow but steady growth making the tea olive tree a must have for your garden. Apply a complete fertilizer such as. Individual flowers are tiny but noticeable since they bloom in clusters.
Tea olive the small white blossoms of tea olive osmanthus fragrans have a delicious apricot scent. Plant the tea olive bush in an area with full sun to partial shade. A versatile plant this selection has many applications in the landscape. Popular as a useful screen or hedge plant the fragrant tea olive takes to pruning very well. Grows at a moderate. Where other fragrant plants only offer 1 month of aroma the fragrant tea olive blooms for 4 months and leaves an amazing fragrance that fills your yard. Plus its glossy green leaves serve.
This shrub does well in full sun or part shade but in hot climates prefers part shade in the afternoon. Plant your fragrant tea olive in rows 4 5 feet apart to create a lush thick privacy hedge. The evergreen foliage is dark and leathery with toothed edges. And because the fragrant tea olive grows slowly its dense evergreen growth can be pruned into a hedge or shrub providing an effective and decorative screen that s adaptable to your needs. This strong scent attracts the usual summertime characters of humming birds and butterflies. Aurantiacus features citrusy fragrant blooms and is more cold hardy than most tea olives.