This fragrant, flowering evergreen shrub delights the senses. What's that fragrance perfuming the garden air? It's tea olive, the glossy-leaved shrub known by the scientific name Osmanthus fragrans.

The blossoms that decorate the branches of the tea olive tree ( Osmanthus fragrans are tiny but deeply fragrant. The biggest bloom happens in the spring and summer, but it also blooms intermittently ...