Fudingzhu Tea Olive (Osmanthus fragrans) Live Evergreen Shrub with Fragrant White Flowers for Garden & Patio

Fudingzhu Tea Olive – Osmanthus fragrans Live Rooted Starter Plant

The Fudingzhu Tea Olive is an evergreen shrub known for its highly fragrant clusters of small white flowers. This live rooted starter plant is ideal for gardeners seeking a compact, hardy shrub that adds both beauty and scent to outdoor spaces such as patios, garden borders, or entryways.

Key Features

• Live starter plant of Osmanthus fragrans ‘Fudingzhu’
• Evergreen shrub providing year-round green foliage
• Clusters of white blooms with a strong, sweet fragrance
• Compact growth habit, reaching 6–8 feet tall and 4–6 feet wide
• Versatile for use in patios, borders, or as a fragrant landscape accent

Growing Information

This shrub thrives in full sun to partial shade and prefers well-draining, fertile soil. Moderate watering is recommended to keep the soil evenly moist. The Fudingzhu Tea Olive is low-maintenance and suitable for USDA zones 7 through 10. It can be pruned to maintain a smaller size if desired.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.