Also
known as "Fortune's Tea Olive", this Southern favorite is grown for
its small, FRAGRANT WHITE flowers which cover the plant in October and
for its Winter cold-hardiness.
Fortune's Tea Olive is more COLD-HARDY than Fragrant Tea Olive. It
suffers no leaf-burn in Winter, whereas Fragrant Tea Olive may suffer
some damaged leaves if planted in a spot which receives lots of cold
Winter wind. Fortune's Tea Olive retains its dark-green leaves
year-round.
See
our Fortune's Tea Olive planted in front of our KinderGarden.
Plants mature at 15' tall by 10' wide. May easily be maintained at 8'
tall and wide by once-a-year trimming any time between March and
August. Expect 1-2' growth a year.
Plant in sun to light shade.
