Pink Flush Variegated Tea Olive
Osmanthus fragrans ‘Yinbi Shuanghui’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 7b to 10b (7a?) Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Shrub or Small Tree
Height at Maturity: 6-12′ depending on pruning
Width at Maturity: 6-8′ depending on pruning
Spacing: 5-6′ for solid hedges; 12′ or more for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Dense, Rounded
Growth Rate: Moderate to Fast
Flower Color: White
Flower Size: Small, 1/4″ in clusters
Flowering Period: September to April!
Flower Type: Single, in clusters
Fragrant Flowers: Yes, extremely fragrant!
Foliage Color: Pink, White, Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: No
Berry Color: NA
Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun, Morning Sun With Afternoon Shade, Morning Shade with Afternoon Sun. All day Filtered Sun
Water Needs: Average, Very Low when established
Soil Type: Clay (Amended), Loam, Sandy, Silty
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist to Dry when established
Soil pH: 5.5 – 7.0 (Acid to Neutral)
Maintenance / Care: Average to Low
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer, Disease, Drought, Dry Soil, Heat, Insect
Description
If you love Tea Olives, you’re going to love Pink Flush, scientifically known as Osmanthus fragrans ‘Yinbi Shuanghui’, a new variety featuring variegated pink, white and green leaves with a bloom season spanning up to 8 months! We’ve only had this one for a year in our gardens but it seems to be just as cold hardy as the green-leaved species, Osmanthus fragans (Fragrant White tea Olive). For now, we’re listing it as cold hardy to USDA Zone 7b while awaiting feedback from those testing it outdoors in Zone 7a. You’ll be happy to know that Yinbi Shuanghui begins blooming at a very young age, and just as heavy as it green-leaved cosuins. We’ve seen and smelled flowers on less than 1-year old plants we’re growing in small, quart size pots.
New leaves emerge a white variegated with pink and green and the flowers have the same wonderful aroma as other Osmanthus fragans cultivars. The flowers are small but one plant will fill a front or back yard with wonderful aroma. The scent is really indescribable. It’s just one of those things you have to experience for yourself. You can grow this one as an evergreen shrub or remove lower branches to as she grows to form a spectacular small tree. A must have for Tea Olive enthusiasts and collectors!
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 6 to 12 feet tall and 6 to 8 feet wide depending on pruning, the Pink Flush Tea Olive can be grown as a large shrub or small tree. The shrub can be kept smaller with occasional pruning. As a shrub, its dense foliage makes it ideal for use as a natural or clipped evergreen hedge, privacy screen, or background, or to frame corners or fill voids between widely-spaced windows in home foundation plantings. As it grows taller, lower branches can be removed to form a highly attractive small tree for use as a focal point specimen in sunny to partially shaded landscape borders and home foundation plantings. A fine addition to fragrance gardens, cottage gardens, white theme gardens and the Xeriscape (low water needs).
Suggested Spacing: 5 to 6 feet apart for a solid hedge or privacy screen; 16 feet or more apart for space between plants
Growing Preferences
The Pink Flush Tea Olive is very easy to grow in most any average, moist but well-drained acidic to neutral soil and full sun to mostly shade. We suggest at least 3 hours of direct sunlight per day or all-day lightly filtered sun for best flowering. Exceptionally drought tolerant when established. Since growing it in our gardens, we’ve seen no insect or disease problems and deer don’t touch it. As with many other plants, a constantly soggy or wet soil can be problematic. No pruning necessary however responds well to to it for shaping purposes, hedges or to tree form.
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Tea Olive Osmanthus shrubs and trees.
How To Plant A Tea Olive
How To Fertilize A Tea Olive
How To Prune Prune A Tea Olive Shrub Or Tree
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I was admiring this plant in my sister-in-laws yard and was informed that Wilson Brothers Nursery had recommended it. The plant was gorgeous. I contacted Brooks and Brent about the plant and they, as always, were very helpful and informative. I purchased the plant and I am awaiting it to awake in the spring.——————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG























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