Non blooming sweet olive tree
kwvander
15 years ago
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Comments (27)Brad, perhaps, 'most' humans like the scent of flowers.. Think about summer..if you garden outdoors, or walk past a beautiful Lilac, most often, you'd stop and sniff the air. Also, we who live in cold climates enjoy winter fragrances..It's either apple pie w/cinnamon or flowers..or both. lol One Hoya, 'Krinkle' emits fragrance day and night. For some reason I can't smell other hoya blooms..Don't know if it's me, because I detect odors..in fact, if there's a fire, I smell it way before hearing fire trunk sirens. And the FD here is fast. They get a call and seconds later they're on their way. So, I don't understand. Citrus smell wonderful. I love Gardenias, but to be honest, the scent isn't my favorite..same w/Easter Lily's. My father couldn't stand smelling flowers..he said they reminded him of funeral parlors..lol..But he passed away 37 yrs ago. Back then, tropicals were pretty much unheard of in Chicago. However Easter Lily's were given away at Church. Maybe he thought all flowers smelled like EL's. Toni...See MoreSweet Tea Olive as Center Piece
Comments (6)Just a clarification, this is Osmanthus fragrans 'Fudingzhu', a very large and beautiful specimen indeed. When I had my landscape design business I'd try to put a sweet olive in every yard I did, as the fragrance is so fine IMHO. Dan...See MoreSweet Olive...
Comments (17)Roselee, keep checking back. I have seen them sell the red ones on 1g size for half the price. I got it but due to small size, it may take several years to reach 4 ft height when they supposedly will start blooming. It is typical for the orange group to take years before blooming. The 4 season type like Fudingzhu blooms much sooner and it blooms more often. Dragonfly, I have the osmanthus book from China that I won on ebay. A lot cheaper than what is officially on the market. Wow, very detailed information for over 100 cultivars in China! http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/trees/msg1219572415588.html?28 - sadly pictures are gone but you will see the description of cultivars that everybody wants. I'm going to provide a link to China website (use Google for translation). Here is a link that might be useful: Lots of info over cultivars in China...See MoreTea (or sweet) Olive Trees in CENTRAL Texas?
Comments (3)I have a sweet olive tree growing in less than ideal conditions in San Antonio. It is planted in heavy clay soil under the eaves next to the foundation, gets a little sun off and on, water from the roof runoff and still manages to bloom all winter. I'd say it is an easy plant to grow. However, the scent while strong doesn't seems to waft as much as some other plants, but my smeller isn't that great. What does waft for me is Kidneywood tree, a Texas native that is seldom without flowers all summer. The bees and butterflies love it. I see it growing wild along Huebner Rd. in San Antonio. Every yard in central Texas should have one. Also I enjoy the Winter honeysuckle which is a beautiful bright green arching shrub if it gets a reasonable amount of water. Without much water it still lives and keeps most of its leaves all winter. Mine is about four feet tall and 6 ft wide. Of course highly recommended for scent is the evergreen Star jasmine which has a long spring blooming period and wafts big time. Night blooming jasmine is another good one that blooms all summer, but you have to stay up late to smell it as the fragrance starts wafting at about 10 or 10:30 pm. Sometimes I bring a branch into the house to enjoy indoors. Not always winter hardy I keep it in a big pot and wheel it into the green house in the winter. Also I enjoy the wafting scent of the blossoms of the tall Ligustrum hedge along the back fence. It blooms late spring, early summer. These are some of my favorite things for scent. Happy smelling :-)...See Morekwvander
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