Sweet Olive, Fragrant Tea Olive (Osmanthus fragrans)

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jimnkelly Oct 16, 2003

Common name: Sweet Olive, Fragrant Tea Olive
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Osmanthus
Species fragrans

Plant Link: http://plantsdatabase.com/go/1450/

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BrugAddict Harlem, GA(Zone 8a) Oct 16, 2003

Hi Jim
My mother has this plant. Smells so good...it's two huge bushes she keeps trimmed back. I got me some new shoots about 2 weeks ago and someone said to put them into some water and they would root. No roots yet. Have an idea how to get a better way to do this???

Yours look so healthy and pretty :-)

Julieanne aka Annabellegabby

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DeepRoots Willacoochee, GA(Zone 8b) Oct 16, 2003

yeah i planted a hedge of tea olives the other day.
bout a 100 plants....

that will smell intereting next feb.

drew

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BrugAddict Harlem, GA(Zone 8a) Oct 16, 2003

How do you propagate???? I have some cuttings in water now trying to grow a root??? any suggestions?

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ButterflyGardnr Orlando, FL(Zone 9b) Oct 19, 2003

I've been looking at getting some of these to put around my A/C unit to replace some spindly/unhappy Ilex glabra (Inkberry or Gallberry). The tea olive flowers are incredibly fragrant. I can't imagine what 100 of them will smell like!

Annabellegabby:
I'm not sure the water method will work on this shrub. You might try using rooting horomone and a sterile soil mix to try to root a new shoot. Since I have never tried to do anything like this myself (yes, I'm chicken!), your best bet would be to post this question in the propogation forum here on DG.

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BrugAddict Harlem, GA(Zone 8a) Oct 19, 2003

Thank you so much Butterfly...I shall do that...:-)...Im on it now, hehehe

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witchy1 Houston, TX(Zone 8b) Jul 03, 2011

I planted a 5-gallon one about 18 months ago and if there has been any growth it is insigniificant, nor has it bloomed. It gets morning sun. Any suggestions please?

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