Garden Center Summer Hours: Same growth rate and size as species. Evergreen, Fragrant Flowers, Drought Tolerant, Winter Interest. Posted at 20:26h in Blog, Featured Articles, Featured Plants by in Blog, Featured Articles, Featured Plants by They create a luminous and eye-catching display. 'Thunbergi' Fast growing to 8 feet in 4 years; it eventually grows equally large as the species. Photo #5787 | Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Gulftide' Osmanthus fragrans, Tea Olive, Fragrant Olive, Sweet Olive. It has a more open and arching form than other tea olives, and can grow 6 to 10 feet tall and wide. Dr. Michael Dirr calls it "A plant handler's worst nightmare" because the leaves are very stiff and prickly. 01 Dec Holly Tea Olive, A True Christmas Gift. Pronunciation: oz-MAN-thus het-er-o-FIL-us. Willard, NC 28478 Avoid planting in very exposed, cold or hot dry areas, preferring a sheltered spot in moist fertile soil. Mulch with compost every few years to feed. Evergreen shrub, dense, upright, grows to 10-15 ft (3-4.5 m) high and 10 ft (3 m) wide, or more. Johnson Nursery Corporation your own Pins on Pinterest Smaller leafed cultivars of holly tea olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus), Fortune’s tea olive (O. x fortunei) and Delavay tea olive (O. delavayi) make good hedges and can be maintained as low as 4 feet tall. Leave a Review. Tea Olives, often called "sweet olive" and scientifically known as Osmanthus, are exceptionally easy to grow and care for when planted right and in the right spot. Tea Olives are long-lived, but grow slowly. Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Gulftide' can be used as a foundation plant, or as a hedge in shade. 985 Johnson Nursery Rd They're up to a year older and are ready to explode with sweet-smelling blooms! Sat 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. Oval, glossy, medium green leaves to 4 inches long, toothed or smooth edged. Genus: Osmanthus. Tea Olive; Phonetic Spelling oz-MAN-thus FRAY-granz Description. Product Code: 3804. Same growth rate and size as species. This way you don't have to wait a year or more before you can start enjoying them. Attractive trumpets of white scented blossom during the autumn months provided extra impact. This item is unavailable | Etsy. This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. The leaves are small, just an inch or so long, shiny, dark-green and with toothed edges. When established, Tea olive are exceptionally drought tolerant. Native to China, Japan, Himalayas. Native to Japan. Its new leaves emerge red and quickly turn green. Fragrant tea olives begin blooming in fall, and in warm climates, the blooms continue all winter. See more ideas about Plants, Shrubs, Olive. This plant can be used as a small flowering tree, shrub, hedge, screen or espalier. Osmanthus heterophyllus. Delavay Tea Olive (Osmanthus delavayi): This is one of the few spring-flowering tea olives, blooming in April. Holly Tea Olive 'Sasaba' Holly Tea Olive has dramatic dark green deeply incised leaves on a compact, shade loving plant. Wondering what to name your beach house? Holly Tea Olive 'Sasaba' Holly Tea Olive has dramatic dark green deeply incised leaves on a compact, shade loving plant. It has a slow growth rate and withstands heavy pruning. It is an ideal plant for screening plant or foil at the back of the border. Attractive all year. Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Gulftide', also known as Tea Olive or False Holly, this compact and upright evergreen has glossy green foliage with spiny margins. Fragrant white flowers in fall. Height varies from 6 to 30 feet tall depending on species and cultivar. It grows It tolerates alkaline soils, pollution, drought, heat, and urban conditions. December. It can be trained into a small tree, espalier or hedge. Osmanthus x fortunei, also known as false holly and Fortune’s Osmanthus, is a hybrid of two other members of Osmanthus, or the tea olive family. 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