Tea Olive (Osmanthus fragrans) - White Flowering

This is the most fragrant species of a group known as a whole for their superb scent. Height is more often in the 10 to 12 foot range with an 8-foot width.
Plants are upright when young, but can spread into a small vase-shaped tree at maturity. Fragrant tea olives will grow throughout South Carolina, But can suffer cold damage in the upper Piedmont or Mountains IF temperatures in a very cold winter approach 0 °F or IF During a warm winter the temperature drops rapidly to 20 °F.
Fragrant tea olive has an exceptionally long bloom period, often for 2 months during the fall, with scattered blooming through winter and into the spring. The white flowers are showy, held in clusters along the stems.
Zone 7-10.
Full plants, 28-30" tall ships in a 36" box.