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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 6 to 15 feet
Plant Spread: 6 to 15 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Showy
Other: 1/4 to 1/2 inch fleshy blue-black drupes.
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Suitable Locations: Topiary
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Pollinators: Bumblebees
Bees

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Common names
  • Delavay Tea Olive
  • Sweet Olive
  • Delavay Osmanthus

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Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2020-03-06
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2020-03-06
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: New Zealand
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: New Zealand
Date: 2014-09-15

public domain photo by Daderot, courtesy of NC Cooperative Extens

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
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Location: New Zealand
Date: 2014-09-15
Comments:
  • Posted by Mindy03 (Delta KY) on Mar 23, 2012 3:16 PM concerning plant:
    Honey bees get nectar and pollen from this plant.

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