A few decades ago, tea olive trees (often accompanied by azaleas and camellias) were standard landscape components in Central Florida. Indeed, the species (Osmanthus fragrans) was cherished for its ...

What’s your idea of a near-perfect plant? Here’s mine: It would tolerate heat and cold, bear fragrant flowers for months, have no significant pest or disease problems and would grow at a moderate pace ...

Question: I heard a friend talking about a shrub that flowers and releases a nice scent when the temperature makes a big change. Do you know what this might be and what conditions it likes? Answer: ...

When many gardeners think of winter flowers, they envision classics like camellia, fragrant tea olive and daphne. But there are many more that can be added to the lineup, increasing one's olfactory ...

A normally invisible plant is the fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans). When it is in flower, however, everyone will look for it. This shrub has leathery, dark-green ovate leaves with smooth edges. The ...

In Japan, and many other parts of East Asia, the wonderful aroma of osmanthus, otherwise known as the fragrant tea olive (Osmanthus fragrans) and known in Japanese as 金木製 kinmokusei, is a harbinger of ...

If you happen to smell a lovely fragrance in the air this time of year, chances are it will be a tea olive (Osmanthus). Tea olives are a wonderful family of plants to use in the garden. They can be ...