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  Osmanthus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Osmanthus (Osmanthus) is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae, mostly native to warm temperate Asia (from the Caucasus east to Japan) but one species (O.
Osmanthus are popular shrubs in parks and gardens throughout the warm temperate zone.
In China, osmanthus tea (called guì huā chá, 桂花茶) is produced by combining dried Sweet Osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans) flowers (guì huā, 桂花) with fl or green tea leaves in much the same manner the more familiar jasmine tea combines jasmine flowers with tea leaves.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Osmanthus   (269 words)

  
 White Lotus Aromatics Newsletters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
As time went on, the osmanthus in blossom in the valley became an autumnal allure to Hangzhou residents The valley is flanked by hills where springs are abundant and trees flourish naturally.
Shanghai Sweet Osmanthus Festival is held every year in the 8th lunar month, in Guilin Park at a time when the sweet osmanthus blossoms are in full bloom.
Osmanthus was used to see whether there was a difference in performance depending on whether the smell was novel or familiar.
www.whitelotusaromatics.com /newsletters/28osmanthus.html   (2415 words)

  
 Sweet Osmanthus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sweet Osmanthus (Latin name: Osmanthus fragrans; also known as Sweet Olive or "Tea Olive") is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing to 5-12 m tall.
It is native to Asia, from the Himalaya east through China to Japan.
[1] Osmanthus jam is used as an ingredient in a type of gruel called chátāng (茶汤), which is made from sorghum or millet flour and sugar mixed with boiling water.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tea_Olive   (287 words)

  
 National Gardening Association :: Regional Reports
Sweet olive (Osmanthus fragrans) is a winter-blooming evergreen shrub with a haunting fragrance that will welcome guests to your home when planted near an entryway.
Unlike the fragrance of daphne or hyacinth, which can be overpowering, osmanthus has a sweet scent that seems to linger on the cold winter air.
Osmanthus is not fussy in its growing requirements, and the flowers are not especially showy.
www.garden.org /regional/report/arch/gv/158   (208 words)

  
 California Gardens - Osmanthus fragrans - Sweet Olive
Sweet Olive is a great as background hedge plant with its dark green leaves and beautiful and fragrant but nearly inconspicuous flowers.
And Osmanthus fragrans is such a graceful plant when trimmed with a soft outer edge.
Osmanthus fragrans will take some drought but prefers evenly moist neutral well drained soil.
www.californiagardens.com /Plant_Pages/osmanthus_fragrans.htm   (124 words)

  
 Soapmaking and Candlemaking Supplies! Fragrance Oils, Melt-and-Pour Soap
A sweet, summery blend of nectarine, peach, fl currant, green apple, lemon, and green mandarin notes atop a midsection of jasmine, lily, ylang, and honey, with clean musk and earthy vetiver in the drydown.
Osmanthus flowers come from a Chinese evergreen, and in China, where they're used to scent tea, are known as Kwei Hwa.
Top notes of spicy pepper, sweet citrus, and juniper lead to a mysterious middle of jasmine and ylang, with a pronounced and lasting drydown of sandalwood, amber, musk, cedarwood, and patchouli.
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 L'Atelier Vert - - Everything French Gardening®   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Sweet box is the answer for those troublesome shady places to dark for grass.
Sweet box's flowers are followed by fairly large (about 1/3 inch) glossy, deep red fruits held closely in the leaf axils.
Sweet box is a shrub that's sure to cause amazement among and lots of questions from your friends, who won't be able to help but notice the scent when they visit.
www.frenchgardening.com /inprofile.tmpl?SKU=309514014118439   (567 words)

  
 Natures Lore Page 5
Known also as Tea Olive or Kwai by the Chinese, the Sweet Olive is one herb we know you will enjoy year round.
Named because of its wonderfully sweet blossoms, this East Asian native has small creamy-white flowers that smell similar to orange blossoms.
In its native environment the Sweet olive can reach 30 feet in height; in the Eastern United States it does well as a house or greenhouse plant during the colder months.
www.wellsweep.com /Lore5.htm   (638 words)

  
 Osmanthus
Osmanthus Tea is composed of the high quality Oolong tea scented with fresh Osmanthus flowers.
Osmanthus is an evergreen shrub with attractive foliage and clusters of small, very fragrant flowers.
When steeped the tea has a strong sweet osmanthus aroma combined with slight oolong undertones and a golden yellow color.
www.tentea.com /osmanthus.html   (237 words)

  
 osmanthus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Looking at Osmanthus fragrans (sweet olive) you wouldn't think there's much to it - leathery leaves that open a muted shade of red, rather shapeless habit and inconspicuous clusters of tiny white flowers.
Then comes the day (usually in mid-late winter here) when it reaches out and grabs your attention, for the strong, sweet fragrance of those miniscule white flowers is like no other in the plant kingdom.
The sweet olive grows in sun to partial shade and can exceed 20 feet in height along the Gulf Coast.
webs.lanset.com /pathline/osmanthus.htm   (115 words)

  
 PlantFiles: Detailed information on Sweet Olive, Fragrant Tea Olive (Osmanthus fragrans)
Sweet Olive grows beautifully in Mississippi (U.S.) I was "told" that once a plant reaches 50 years old, it will start producing olives.
Sweet olive grows extremely well in Southern Louisiana, in fact the shrubs are very commonly found growing as small yard trees all over New Orleans where I first fell in love with its fragrance.
Maybe because I found that he had planted sweet olives at each corner of his house after we met and parted years earlier as a remembrance of me! That is what a powerful but elusive smell this plant has.
davesgarden.com /pf/go/1450   (2285 words)

  
 You can train fragrant olive tea to be tree - gainesvilletimes.com
Fragrant tea olive, also called sweet Osmanthus, is native to southern China, Japan and parts of the Himalayas.
Sweet Osmanthus is an evergreen shrub or small tree that can grow to about 20 feet tall, but it more commonly reaches a height of 8 to 12 feet.
A: Osmanthus americanus, also known as devilwood, is native to the southern coastal United States and Mexico.
www.gainesvilletimes.com /news/stories/20060310/localnews/75172.shtml   (395 words)

  
 HOW SWEET IT IS!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Even through Sweet Olive (Osmanthus fragrans) is a marginal plant in the colder parts of Zone 8, it can be managed in North Texas if you take advantage of one of the many "micro climates" we all have in our gardens.
Though the location may not be an important or visible one in your garden, the impact of the luscious scent wafting in the breeze can be enjoyed from quite a distance.
Sweet Olive likes fertile, well drained, slightly acidic soil and a little relief from midsummer afternoon sun.
aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu /county/smith/tips/trees/sweetolive.html   (267 words)

  
 Osmanthus Fragrance Resource | Osmanthus Fragrance Content   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Very strong osmanthus fragrance with a refreshingly light, sweet taste and long lasting aftertaste.
Osmanthus fragrance 2004 09 15 06 18 aromatherapy has been proven to greatly reduce stress and increase quality of life.
Osmanthus flowers come from a chinese evergreen, and in china, where they.
www.fragrancestore.info /osmanthus-fragrance.html   (797 words)

  
 Facts on Osmanthus/Sweet Olive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Fortune’s Sweet Olive offers a cloud of fragrance that lasts for weeks during October and November.
Although this hardy and virtually trouble-free shrub displays tiny flowers that are barely visible, the sweet scent of a single plant can perfume an acre of landscape.
Not planted often in the Cobb County area, the Osmanthus can be used as a specimen, screen or container plant (especially nice near walkways and entrances).
www.griffin.peachnet.edu /ga/cobb/Horticulture/Plants/Osmanthus/osmanthus.htm   (212 words)

  
 Burke's Backyard Archives 2002 - Osmanthus
However, osmanthus also makes a good flowering hedge, as seen in our segment.
It flowers on old wood, which means it can be pruned and shaped without cutting off the flower buds and ruining the flower display.
Osmanthus is readily available at nurseries and garden centres.
www.burkesbackyard.com.au /2002/archives/2002/in_the_garden/flowering_plants_and_shrubs2/osmanthus?mysource_site_extension=printer_friendly_pages   (181 words)

  
 Osmanthus fragrans - Sweet Olive
Osmanthus fragrans is native to China, Japan, and the Himalayas, is a evergreen shrub with broad upright growth and has dark green finely toothed foliage.
Sweet Olive features tiny tubular white flower clusters with an apricot-like fragrance blooming from spring through fall, these are followed by bluish fl fruit.
Sweet Olive can grow up to 20 feet high and 20 feet wide.
magnoliagardensnursery.com /productdescrip/Osmanthus_SweetOlive.html   (104 words)

  
 Guilin Shopping Guide - Shopping in Guilin China
The oranges and small kumquats around here are very juicy and Guilin people also have a very sweet tooth so it's worth checking out some of their delicious candy.
There is a very sweet wine produced here which tastes much like a traditional desert wine.
This drink is made by fermenting grape and Osmanthus flowers together and subjecting the fruit and flowers to a soaking, distilling and filtration process.
www.muztagh.com /china-shopping/guilin.htm   (776 words)

  
 Recipes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Mix the essential oils with 1/2 oz of carrier oil like sweet almond oil, grapeseed oil or jojoba oil and place this blend in a dark colored glass bottle (to protect the quality of the oil) this will be good for at least three months.
Mix the essential oils with 2 teaspoons of carrier oil like sweet almond oil, grapeseed oil or jojoba oil and place this blend in a dark colored glass bottle (to protect the quality of the oil) this will be good for at least three months.
This is a very sweet, uplifting perfume that one would insist to ask you what perfume you are wearing and this is a natural good for your body perfume.
www.aromaticlivingworld.com /page/page/859652.htm   (2137 words)

  
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Sweet viburnum (V. odoratissimum)is a special treat for gardens near the coast.
Lenten rose flowers vary from white to rose pink to deep purple to white with numerous darker spots, while bearsfoot hellebore has large clusters of small flowers in an oddly appealing green.
Sweet violet (Viola odorata) will seed about as rampantly as most violets, but will be forgiven for its ephemeral sweet scent.
www.clemson.edu /psamedia/2000rel.dir/Bbfeb17.txt   (749 words)

  
 Sweet olive shrub
The medium-sized, leathery, dark olive green foliage is tinted with copper sweet olive shrub.
Fragrant olive (also sweet olive or sweet tea) produces clusters of not particularly.
Also known as "sweet olive" or "fragrant tea olive", the osmanthus plant produces tiny white flowers.
www.bestfurnituresites.com /sweet+olive+shrub.html   (280 words)

  
 Restaurant Directory: Beijing Snacks
These are quick-fried triple shreds boiled in waters and served with sesame sauce, mushrooms, vinegar and sauced bean curd.
The smashed pea pastes are added to sugar and sweet-scented osmanthus and cooled.
The finished cake is cut into two-inch cubic pieces and served with red sweet dates.
www.warriortours.com /cityguides/beijing/toolkits/dining/cuisine_region.htm   (409 words)

  
 2theadvocate.com | Gardening | Makes scents: Add fragrant flowers
Just about any gardener will tell you that if you are interested in fragrance, you must have a sweet olive (Osmanthus fragrans).
Sweet olives bloom over a remarkably long season.
The most intense fragrance is in the fall, but it is typical to smell sweet olives on warm days throughout their bloom season.
www.2theadvocate.com /features/gardening/2434656.html   (525 words)

  
 Scented Winter Plants Factsheet - Gardening Australia - ABC
Another favourite scented plant for the winter garden is Osmanthus fragrans, sweet olive or sweet osmanthus.
It looks ordinary, there is nothing spectacular about the leaves, the flowers are insignificant, but believe it or not, Osmanthus fragrans smells like ripe apricots.
It’s is an upright evergreen shrub to 3 or 4 metres, and should be incorporated in the garden where its perfume can be fully appreciated during the cooler weather.
www.abc.net.au /gardening/stories/s1397744.htm   (562 words)

  
 Re: Sweet Olive (Osmanthus fragrans) "kinmokusei"
I happened also looking for a sweet olive tree for a long, long time without any success.
Do you have any chance have their telephone number so that I may contact them if they still carrying “Yellow” flower Sweet Olive.
I may ask a favor of them and to ship it to me it’s too far for me to get there.
www.desert-tropicals.com /bbs/posts/3184.html   (79 words)

  
 Osmanthus, Fall Foliage Report
Most evergreen osmanthus are native to Asia, but some grow in North America and Hawaii, as well as New Caledonia.
Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Goshiki' is a fragrant cultivar that looks very much, at first glance, like a variegated holly.
Here is an article by the University of Florida on the sweet osmanthus, and here is one by North Carolina State University on the Osmanthus americanus.
www.cherylsgardenparty.com /2004/Diary/Oct04/DiaryOct04Wk3.htm   (377 words)

  
 2theadvocate.com | Features | Makes scents: Add fragrant flowers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Fragrant plants are typically thought of as those that produce sweet aromas from their flowers, either drifting on the air or when you stick your nose in them.
Generally beginning in late September or early October with the first cold fronts, sweet olives will bloom intermittently until late March or April.
The sweet, lemony fragrance is noticeable when you are around the shrub, but is especially nice with your nose close to a flower.
www.2theadvocate.com /features/2434656.html   (525 words)

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