Fruitland’s Fortune Tea Olive Single Trunk Tree – 7 Gallon Pot (4-5′)

Height at Maturity:  15-20′, with no pruning

Width at Maturity:  10-15′, with no pruning

Spacing:  18’+ for space between plants

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Maintenance / Care:  Average to Low

This is the single-trunk tree form version of the Fruitland’s Fortune Tea Olive, introduced from Japan in 1856. It is a cross between Osmanthus heterophyllus and Osmanthus fragrans and has stood the test of time for good reasons. It sports abundant clusters of unusually fragrant, clear-white flowers in fall. As with other tea olives, the individual flowers might be small but they sure do pack a punch when it comes to fragrance, filling the air in a front or back yard with sweet, heavenly perfume. Fruitland’s evergreen leaves are longer, more lustrous deeper green and the spines are much less pronounced than its O. heterophyllus parent. Thriving in full sun or shade it might reach 20 feet tall and 15 feet wide over time, making it a fine selection for a focal point specimen in landscape borders or home foundation plantings. Also perfect around outdoor living and sitting spaces. It is drought tolerant when established and we’ve seen no problems with insects, disease, or deer, who turn their nose up to it.

‘Fruitlandii’ is a cultivar selected by Fruitland Nurseries, which long ago occupied what is currently Augusta National Golf Club.