but did you know there is a fragranced olive tree too? "Fragrant Tea Olive plants are evergreens that grow into large shrubs ...

A few decades ago, tea olive trees (often accompanied by azaleas and camellias) were standard landscape components in Central Florida. Indeed, the species (Osmanthus fragrans) was cherished for ...

But that does not matter to kinmokusei in Japan. Most of the fragrant olive trees in this country are male plants, which cannot be pollinated. Though they bear flowers, they do not yield fruit.