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Tea Olive

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Plant Name:
Tea Olive
Latin Name:
Osmanthus fragrans
Plant Type:


Shrub

Required Lighting:

Ornamental Characteristics:

Landscape Uses:
Upright 4-8' tall X 2-3' wide shrub. Blooms most profusely in February, but spot flowers for a month more....Wow!!
Maintenance:
Prune to 3' tall in March. this keeps the plant from getting too 'leggy'.

The Landscape Renovators' Special Notes:
According to Rita, I shouldn't use this plant. She thinks it's ugly, but when it blooms...Oh what a great fragrance. So take her advice and put it someplace where you can't see it but can still smell it.

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