Olive Bush Or Tree
Osmanthus delavayi delavay osmanthus delavay tea olive.
Olive bush or tree. Attractive as a formal hedge or specimen shrub. Water curing is not often done because it takes so long. This evergreen tree or shrub depending on whether you prune it is an old fashioned southern favorite known for its ease of maintenance and versatile uses in the landscape. Brine curing is used for fully ripe olives.
How to care for a tea olive shrub 1. The olives are continually rinsed in fresh water. Apply a complete fertilizer such as. Plant near walks and entrances to enjoy the fragrance.
Prized by perfume makers sweet olive is an evergreen shrub suitable for u s. It can tolerate clay loam or sandy soil but. Deep green leaves have silvery green undersides. Dry curing involves packing olives in salt and leaving them.
Its leaves resemble those of the holly the difference being tea olives have opposite leaves while hollies are alternate hence another common. Zones 7 9 is native to western china and grows 6 to 8 feet tall and a bit wider. The olive tree is an evergreen that flourishes in hot dry areas and as such will not do well in wet winter soil. Olive trees are usually purchased in either 4 inch pots with numerous side branches and a height of 18 24 inches or in a 1 gallon pot with a single trunk and a height of 4 5 feet.
With its glossy green leaves tea olive osmanthus fragrans can be pruned into a shrub or hedge or if left alone can become a small tree at upwards of 20 feet or more. Pisciottana a unique variety comprising 40 000 trees found only in the area around pisciotta in the campania region of southern italy often exceeds this with correspondingly large trunk diameters. The plant is fairly. Excellent in topiary form or trained as a single trunk tree in smaller spaces.
Dwarf non fruiting evergreen with a graceful multi branching habit. This evergreen shrub bears fragrant flowers characteristic of the genus. Tiny flower clusters have a delightful apricot like fragrance. Osmanthus burkwoodii burkwood osmanthus zones 6 8 is a dense rounded shrub that grows 6 to 10 feet tall and wide.
Plant the tea olive bush in an area with full sun to partial shade. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 9 through 11 where it can reach 10 to 15 feet tall. It has twiggy growth and graceful arching branches that are well covered with small glossy dark green ovate leaves. Works well for formal or informal hedges and screens or as a landscape specimen.
A large evergreen shrub or small tree with a broad upright form that is densely branched and covered with finely toothed dark green foliage.