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Fragrant Tea Olive Tree

Fragrant Tea Olive Tree

The Fragrant Tea Olive is an evergreen shrub or small tree known for its delicate white blossoms and soft, sweet fragrance that carries through the air.

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Please Note: This product can not be shipped to AK, AZ, HI, OR
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Fragrant Tea Olive Tree

A living tribute that fills the air around it with a sweet, unmistakable fragrance.

The Fragrant Tea Olive is prized for its remarkably long bloom period, with clusters of small, creamy-white flowers releasing an apricot-like scent that can perfume an entire garden. It's one of the most fragrant plants you can grow, offering an experience that goes beyond sight alone.

Each Treebute is a complete memorial tree kit designed to be planted at home, a hands-on ritual that many people find grounding and healing.

The act of planting gives your hands something purposeful to do and creates meaning, forming a living connection that continues to grow.


What Happens After You Order

Step 1

Your tree is prepared and shipped with care from our nursery.

Step 2

Your kit arrives ready to plant, with your healthy tree, care guide, and personalized memorial message.

Step 3

Follow the simple steps to plant your living memorial, whenever the time feels right.

Step 4

Care for your tree, and watch it grow over the years.

Why You'll Love the Fragrant Tea Olive Tree

  • An unmistakable fragrance: small, creamy-white flowers release a sweet, apricot-like scent that can perfume an entire garden.
  • One of the longest bloom seasons available: flowers appear in fall and often continue through winter into spring.
  • Evergreen year-round: dense, glossy foliage keeps your tribute present in every season, not just at bloom time.


A Living Memorial That Grows With You

Finding a meaningful way to honor someone you love can feel overwhelming. A Treebute tree offers something different, a living expression of love that grows stronger each year. It gives your hands something to do and your heart something to hold.

The act of planting creates meaning. The growth creates hope. The tree creates a place to remember.

What Comes With Your Treebute Kit
  • Hardy tribute tree (size you select)
  • Step-by-step planting & watering care guide
  • Personalized memorial message

Optional Add-Ons (Customize Your Treebute Kit)

  • Planter (choose your style & size)
  • Premium potting mix (for patio planting)
  • Cremation-safe organic soil blend (for ashes, if/when you're ready)

Many customers plant without ashes - and that's just as meaningful.

Everything arrives together, ready to plant.

Nurturing Your Memorial Tribute

Even if you're new to planting, the Fragrant Tea Olive is hardy and low-maintenance, rewarding simple care with months of fragrant blooms.

  • Light: Full sun to partial shade. In hotter southern climates, some afternoon shade helps protect the foliage.

  • Water: Water regularly while your tree is establishing. Once settled, it's drought-tolerant, though it appreciates supplemental water during hot, dry stretches.

  • Space: Plan for a mature size of about 10 to 15 feet tall and 6 to 10 feet wide, though it can be pruned smaller if space is limited.

This tree blooms on the current season's growth, so a light shaping after flowering is usually all it needs. Well-drained soil is key; it doesn't tolerate standing water.

Optional: Plant with Cremation Ashes - The Treebute® Difference

For those wishing to incorporate cremation ashes, your kit includes the option to add our Treebute® organic soil blend. This specially formulated mixture creates a safe, nurturing foundation for your tree - transforming ashes into living growth.

Your tree is meaningful with or without ashes - this is simply another way to honor someone you love.

Plant Specifications:

Botanical Name:
Osmanthus fragrans
Growth Rate Value:
Slow
Mature Height Value:
10 ft.
Mature Width Value:
15 ft.
Sunlight Value:
Full-Part Sun
Does Not Ship To:
AK, AZ, HI, OR
Growing Zones:
7-10 outdoors

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What if they're not ready to plant right away?

The kit includes simple instructions to care for your tree until planting time. Many customers plant on a significant date, a birthday, an anniversary, or another day that feels right.

Will this ship directly to the person I want to give it to?

Yes. You can ship your Fragrant Tea Olive Treebute directly to the recipient. At checkout, enter their address as the shipping address. If you would like to include a personalized message, you can add that during checkout and we will include it with the kit.

What is included in the kit?

Each kit includes a young, healthy Fragrant Tea Olive tree in the size you select, a step-by-step planting and watering care guide, and a personalized memorial message. Optional add-ons include a planter, premium potting mix, and a cremation-safe organic soil blend. Everything arrives together, ready to plant.

How big will it get?

Mature trees typically reach 10 to 15 feet tall and 6 to 8 feet wide, growing at a moderate rate of about 12 inches per year. In containers, size can be managed with light pruning to keep the tree compact.

Is this easy to care for? We are not experienced gardeners.

Yes. This tree is considered beginner-friendly. It adapts well to different conditions and requires only simple watering and light to thrive.

Can I plant a memorial tree with cremation ashes?

Yes. Treebute Kits offer the option to add a Treebute® organic soil blend specially formulated to safely incorporate cremation ashes and support healthy tree growth.

Can I plant ashes without any special soil treatment?

We strongly advise against it and doing so will void the Warranty. Planting cremation ashes directly with a tree, without proper treatment, can stress or even kill the plant. The high sodium and pH levels create conditions that are hostile to root development. If you want your memorial tree to thrive for years to come, using the Treebute Organic Soil Blend is essential when incorporating ashes.

What makes Treebute different from other memorial tree options?

Treebute is designed to be planted at home, in your own yard, patio, or indoor space. Unlike distant memorial forests where a tree is planted somewhere you may never visit, a Treebute grows right where you can see it. It becomes a gentle, living presence in your daily life.

Every kit includes a healthy tree of your choice, clear planting and care instructions, and the option to add scientifically formulated soil for safe ash incorporation. And our team understands that every memorial is deeply personal.

How is this different from having a tree planted in a forest?

Forest donation programs plant something far away and send a card. A Treebute Kit delivers a real, living plant to your door, or to your recipient's door, so it can be planted and tended at home and seen every day. It becomes part of daily life, not a distant certificate.