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Your cart is empty.Osmanthus fragrance ( sweet tea olive ) or ( Fragrant Tea olive ) blossoms of the hardy tea olive are visually inconsequential, but their impact can be significant. The strong fragrance can be smelled from several hundred' away. Tiny white flowers bloom in clusters along the stems. Leaves are dark, glossy green, arranged oppositely on the stem, & may be finely toothed or smooth. Sweet olive blooms during the cool season. Expect it to bloom in late fall & again in early spring. Sweet olive does best in fertile, moist, well-drained, slightly acid soil. Sunlight or partial shade suits it well. Other common names: sweet osmanthus, tea olive, hardy tea olive mature height: 10-15' mature width: 8-10' exposure: sun to partial shade hardiness zones: 7-9
Iris
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2025
Arrived in great condition.
RS in Columbus, OH
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2025
I decided to take a chance on ordering this online because the other reviews were very good. I live way down in the Florida keys, and I don't know if this is going to grow well for me here, but when it arrived, it could not have been in better shape. It was packed very carefully to avoid damage, and it was green and fresh and very alive - even though it surely had a long shipping time to get down here. It has little buds all over it where it looks like it will bloom. If it dies now, it's going to be my fault!
Lilly
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2024
Update: after a year, it is well established and going strong!Arrived in excellent condition. Easily planted and required little maintenance. It’s looking beautiful after several months.
Kylie
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2024
Plant size was very small for the price, so not worth it.
Joepiano
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2024
Bought a three pack of these and they were very carefully packaged and wrapped. I have planted them and they have done exceptionally well. For those of you that don’t know this plant, it is a wonderful smelling flower. I highly recommend.
Chloe Huang
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2023
After get off work, I saw the osmanthus tree delivered. It was well packaged, just looks a little smaller than I expected, but it looked very energetic. hope it doesn't get killed by me!
ropi
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2023
This is an update, one month after: it is now November, the first flowers have bloomed, cute little clusters of beads that start to smell a bit like vanilla. We re in Michigan, soi the plant and her cousins have migrated indoors to an east facing window that gets a few hours of sunlight, event in fall/winter. The are a few browning leaves, and I will monitor, but two of the three stems growing from the small trunk are perfectly heathy, and the abundant new growth + 5 to 6 more flowers about to bud suggest the plant is very healthy. This fragrant tea olive is a joy to look at, and I look forward to seeing how tall it's going to get. GREAT buy!!!
NotYourAverageHoe
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2019
So gorgeous! I have one of these trees and I wanted to get one for my mom. This tree produces the most beautiful smelling flowers I have ever smelled. My mom lives in New England so I knew I’d have trouble finding her one up there since they are meant for warmer regions. I read the reviews of this one and decided to get one for her. Boy am I glad I did! She received it in the summertime so she immediately repotted it and kept it outside until it started getting cold. Right away it started blooming- the whole entire plant! So many blooms! It was growing like crazy and blooming like crazy. She couldn’t believe how beautiful the fragrance was! She brought it inside around October and has had it inside by a window since, where it continues to bloom. My dad was sitting in the room that the plant is in and asked my mom what the beautiful sweet smell was. The blooms are so fragrant that the smell permeates the air. Just so amazing! The plant was shipped with care, and is just such a good quality plant. Highly recommend. I’ll update my review after the winter to let you know how it does inside. Thank you!Update:A year and half later, and my above review still stands! It’s one of my mom’s favorite plants. She keeps it outside in the summer when the weather is warm, and brings it inside when it starts getting cold. It’s bloomed multiple times throughout the year and my mom couldn’t be happier with the plant! It’s grown a lot and with the growth it produces even more blooms. The blooms are still the most beautiful, fragrant smelling blooms ever. 10/10 highly recommend
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