Tea Olive
Osmanthus fragrans
Trees
Also known as: Sweet Olive, Fragrant Tea Olive
Tea Olive overview
Growing conditions and characteristics recorded for this plant.
- USDA zones
- Avoid: Zone 1 · Below -50° F
- Avoid: Zone 2A · -50° to -45° F
- Avoid: Zone 2B · -45° to -40° F
- Avoid: Zone 3A · -40° to -35° F
- Avoid: Zone 3B · -35° to -30° F
- Avoid: Zone 4A · -30° to -25° F
- Avoid: Zone 4B · -25° to -20° F
- Avoid: Zone 5A · -20° to -15° F
- Avoid: Zone 5B · -15° to -10° F
- Avoid: Zone 6A · -10° to -5° F
- Avoid: Zone 6B · -5° to 0° F
- Avoid: Zone 7A · 0° to 5° F
- Avoid: Zone 7B · 5° to 10° F
- Zone 8A · 10° to 15° F
- Zone 8B · 15° to 20° F
- Zone 9A · 20° to 25° F
- Zone 9B · 25° to 30° F
- Zone 10A · 30° to 35° F
- Zone 10B · 35° to 40° F
- Avoid: Zone 11 · Above 40° F
- Sun exposure
- Full / Mostly Sun
- Avoid: Full / Mostly Shade
- Morning Sun / Evening Shade
- Morning Shade / Evening Sun
- Moisture
- Conditional: Average
- Avoid: High
- Low
- Growth Rates
- Fast
- Conditional: Moderate
- Flower Color
- Foliage Color
- Fragrances
- Conditional: Aromatic
- Fragrant Flowers
- Season of Color
- Spring Blooms
- Fall Blooms
- Conditional: Winter Blooms
- Resistant To
- Deer Resistant
- Drought
- Insect
- Disease
- Conditional: Mildew
- Heat
- Landscape Uses
- Conditional: Woodland Border
- Foundation
- Buffer / Screens
- Garden Pond
- Background
- Shrub Border
- Outdoor Living Areas
- Topiary
- Focal Point Specimen
- Landscape Beds
- Conditional: Frame Structure
- Espalier
- Entryway
- Conditional: Small Groups
- Hedges
- Tree Form Shrub
- Conditional: Median Strips
- Conditional: Perennial Garden
- Level of Care
- Conditional: Low
- Mature height
- Mature width
- Drainage
- Well Drained
- Conditional: Moderately Drained
- Avoid: Poorly Drained
- Avoid: Very Poorly Drained
Height and width describe the mature plant. Missing information is shown as “Not recorded”.