Tea Olive is a flowering evergreen shrub, a member of olive family. It has large green leaves, begins blooming late winter, usually blooms heavily and lasting into spring. It is very fragrance; the deers love to eat its young leaves. Most people like to plant a couple bushes in the garden. We have 3 Tea Olive shrubs use as privacy screen to hide the air conditioning units close to the house. The tiny white flower clusters are amazing aroma; when the flowers bloom, it will attract a lot of bees. Do you have it in your garden?
Size: large upright shrub = 20 ft x 6-8 ft
Light: Sun to partial shade
Moisture: Moist to average.
Hardiness: USDA Zones 8 to 10.
Propagation: From medium wood cuttings
We can't use Tea Olive for tea leaves, but I found an article about Growing Tea at Home
Monday, June 8, 2009
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
VueJarin© Photos - Copyright
Blog Archive
-
▼
2009
(200)
-
▼
June
(31)
- Nectarine Fruit Tree Disease
- Spinach, Spicy Globe Basil (Ocimum Basilicum), Okra
- Got Mushroom?
- Bird Watching
- Plum, Nectarine, Peach 3-in-1 Multi-budded Fruit Tree
- Harvest of the Day: Cherry Tomatoes, Berries, Spin...
- Two-Tone Mauve-Yellow Gladious Blooms
- Sweet Potato Custard
- Yellow Mum Flowers
- Happy Father's Day
- Baby Spinach
- Straight-Necked Summer Yellow Squash (Cucurbita spp)
- Dwarf / Patio Lime Tree
- The Latest Harvest: Plum, Peach, Berries...
- White House's Garden Party - 73 Pounds of Lettuce
- Tomatoes
- Introducing 3 beauties in my garden
- Hydrangea - Flower of The Week
- Epipremnum Aureum (Scindapsus Aureus) - Easy Care ...
- Magnolia Grandiflora
- Raspberry...Blackberry...Blueberry...More Berries
- Scarecrow Motion-Activated Sprinkler
- Tea Olive Shrub - Osmanthus fragrans
- Summer vs. Winter
- Another unknown pink flower
- FREE Downloadable Deck or Fence Designer Software
- Random Pictures: Lime, Raspberries, House Plant, S...
- Grow Our Own Sprouts
- It's Time to Harvest the Blackberry and Raspberry
- From Garden To Dining Table
- Romaine Lettuce - harvest in 2 months
-
▼
June
(31)
Labels
- Armeria
- Azalea
- basil
- Berries
- bird
- Blackberry
- Blueberry
- Bonsai
- braided
- Butterfly
- cantaloupe
- Chive
- Citrus latifolia
- cocktail tree
- Crimson Pygmy Barberry
- Day Lilies
- Deck or Fence
- Deer
- Deer Resistant Plant
- Dianthus
- dormant oil
- Dusty Miller
- Evergreen
- flower
- Flower Pot Arrangement
- fountain
- Free
- fruit tree
- Fruit Tree Disease
- garden decor
- garden plan
- geese
- Gladious
- Goose
- grass
- Green Onion
- ground cover
- herb
- holly
- honeydew
- house plant
- Hydrangeas
- Insect - Natural Repellent
- Japanese Beetles
- King Edward Yellow
- landscaping
- Lavender
- Lilies
- lime
- Magnolia
- maple tree
- Mint (Mentha Species)
- Motion-Activated Sprinkler
- Mushroom
- Natural Science Museum
- nectarine tree
- Nursery
- okra
- Old Quebec
- Organic
- Pansy Flower
- peach tree
- pear tree
- Pepper
- Persimmon
- plum tree
- pumpkin
- Raspberry
- Rhododendron
- Romaine Lettuce
- Rose
- Sea Pink
- seeds
- semi-dwarf
- shrub
- Snapdragon
- snow
- Spinach
- Spring blossom
- sprouts
- squash
- Strawberry
- sweet potato
- Tea Olive Shrub
- tomato
- Tropical botanic garden
- vegetable
- Vegetable Garden
- Vertical Gardening
- Western Pride
- Wild flower
- winter melon
- Zoo
Very nice green! Nope, I do not have this shrub but I like the white flower. It is a good idea to use them to hide those air-conditioning units. I read the article on growing tea at home, good idea too. TQ for sharing :-) I learnt someting new today!
ReplyDeleteSounds very interesting to me! There might be a chance I could grow it here, in the Zone 7-8 cusp. I want to read the tea article, too!
ReplyDelete