'Beni Kin Mokusei' Red Flowering Tea Olive - 1 Gallon Pot

'Beni Kin Mokusei' Red Flowering Tea Olive - 1 Gallon Pot

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'Beni Kin Mokusei' Red Flowering Tea Olive - 1 Gallon Pot
  • 'Beni Kin Mokusei' Red Flowering Tea Olive - 1 Gallon Pot
  • 'Beni Kin Mokusei' Red Flowering Tea Olive - 1 Gallon Pot
  • 'Beni Kin Mokusei' Red Flowering Tea Olive - 1 Gallon Pot
  • 'Beni Kin Mokusei' Red Flowering Tea Olive - 1 Gallon Pot
  • 'Beni Kin Mokusei' Red Flowering Tea Olive - 1 Gallon Pot
  • 'Beni Kin Mokusei' Red Flowering Tea Olive - 1 Gallon Pot
  • 'Beni Kin Mokusei' Red Flowering Tea Olive - 1 Gallon Pot
'Beni Kin Mokusei' Red Flowering Tea Olive - 1 Gallon Pot

'Beni Kin Mokusei' Red Flowering Tea Olive - 1 Gallon Pot

$27.98
$27.98 $39.00
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Description

'Beni Kin Mokusei' Red Flowering Tea Olive

Osmanthus fragrans aurantiacus 'Beni Kin Mokusei'



Plant Details


USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 7a-10b  Find Your Zone

Plant Type:  Evergreen Flowering Shrub or Small Tree

Height at Maturity:  10-15'

Width at Maturity:  8-10'

Spacing:  6' for a solid hedge; 14' or more for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form:  Bushy, Upright

Growth Rate:  Moderate, Fast

Flower Color:  Deep Orange

Flower Size:  Tiny, 1/8" in clusters

Flowering Period:  Fall

Flower Type:  Single, in clusters

Fragrant Flowers:  Yes, extremely fragrant!

Foliage Color:  Dark 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

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 - 7.5 (Acid to Slightly Acid)

Maintenance / Care:  Average to Low

Attracts:  Visual Attention

Resistances:  Deer - more info, Disease, Drought, Dry Soil, Heat, Insect



Description


A rare selection of Osmanthus fragrans aurianticus, 'Beni Kin Mokusei' translates to "red flowering osmanthus." Upon seeing the flowers for the first time we noticed that they were more orange than red in color, but a deeper orange than the species. To be fair, the word "Beni" in a plant variety name can mean red, orange or pink in Japanese. We also noticed that the individual flowers are larger than the species and equally as fragrant, and the leaves are larger as well. Due to the presence of carotenoids in the flowers, some say that the orange flowering tea olives have a more pleasant fragrance than the white. We've smelled them both. It might be all in our head, but we think the orange does smell a little sweeter, like candy. You can grow this one as a large shrub or small tree that reportedly will reach a height of 10 to 15 feet tall and 8 to 10 feet wide. In fall, one plant can fill a back or front yard with sweet aroma. The flowers are edible and also used in perfumes. You'll see why when you plant one!


Landscape & Garden Uses

With an upright rounded form 10 to 15 feet tall and 8 to feet wide (depending on pruning), the Beni Kin Mokusei Tea Olive can be grown as a large shrub or small tree. As a shrub, its dense foliage makes it ideal for use as an evergreen hedge, privacy screen, or background, or to frame corners or fill voids between widely-spaced windows in home foundation plantings. As this tea olive grows taller, which it does rather quickly, lower branches can be removed to form a highly attractive small tree that is ideal for use as a focal point specimen tree in sunny to partially shaded landscape borders and home foundation plantings. A fine addition to fragrance gardens, orange theme gardens and Asian gardens.

Suggested Spacing:  6 feet apart for a solid hedge; 14 feet or more apart for space between plants 


Cultural Preferences

The Beni Kin Mokusei Tea Olive is very easy to grow in most any moist but well-drained soil of average fertility and full sun to part shade. We suggest at least 5 hours of direct sunlight per day or all-day lightly filtered sun for best flowering. As with many other plants, a constantly soggy or wet soil can be problematic. Exceptionally drought tolerant when established. Over decades, we've seen no insect or disease problems and deer won't touch it.


Helpful Articles

Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant, fertilize, prune and water Tea Olive 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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