BOTANICAL NAME:  Osmanthus fragrans

COMMON NAME: “Fragrant Tea Olive”

ATTRACTS:  Bees & Pollinators

RESISTANT: Deer

BLOOM COLOR/ TIME: Fragrant white flowers Spring and Fall

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS:   Full to Part Sun

HEIGHT: 10 to 20 feet

WIDTH: 10 to 15 feet

EVERGREEN OR DECIDUOUS: Evergreen

WATER REQUIREMENTS: Average

SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Prefers an average, moist, well-drained soil that is acidic to neutral

GARDEN ATTRIBUTES: Deer resistant

Drought tolerant

Fragrant flowers

HARDINESS ZONES: 8-11

Fragrant Tea Olive is a large, evergreen shrub or a small tree w/leathery-green foliage and fragrant, white flowers Spring and Fall. Good plant choice for an evergreen hedge or screen.