Sweet Olive Osmanthus Fragrans

Sweet Olive Osmanthus Fragrans. Osmanthus fragrans, Tea Olive, Sweet Olive Dancing Oaks Nursery and Gardens But beyond its captivating fragrance, this evergreen shrub offers stunning foliage and delicate, star-shaped flowers.If you're wondering how to grow Osmanthus fragrans and enjoy its beauty in your garden, you've come to the right place. This plant has small but extremely fragrant flowers that appear in the early spring and again in the fall

PlantFiles Pictures Sweet Olive, Fragrant Tea Olive (Osmanthus fragrans), 1 by Clare_CA
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Description: Sweet Olive, a large evergreen shrub or small tree, is capable of reaching 20 to 25 feet in height and width but is most often seen at 10 to 12 feet high with an 8-foot-spread. We have only to step outside in late winter or early spring when the sweet olive blooms to detect its heady scent wafting on the air

PlantFiles Pictures Sweet Olive, Fragrant Tea Olive (Osmanthus fragrans), 1 by Clare_CA

Flowers: White, showy, fragrant flowers from fall to spring This plant has small but extremely fragrant flowers that appear in the early spring and again in the fall Flowers: White, showy, fragrant flowers from fall to spring

PlantFiles Pictures Osmanthus Species, Fragrant Tea Olive, Fragrant Olive, Sweet Olive. Pests: Free of serious pests and diseases, although scales and nematodes can be a problem Fragrant tea olive is a broadleaf, evergreen shrub with a dense habit in the olive family (Oleaceae)

PlantFiles Pictures Osmanthus Species, Fragrant Tea Olive, Fragrant Olive, Sweet Olive. Sweet Olive (Osmanthus fragrans) Described as the sweetest floral fragrance in the plant kingdom, the Sweet Olive is an evergreen plant of modest stature that displays clusters of cream-colored miniature flowers The genus name comes from the Greek words for fragrant (osme) and flower (anthos)