Apricot Echo Tea Olive

Osmanthus fragrans aurantiacus ‘Apricot Echo’ or ‘Yue Yue Hong’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 7b-9b (7a?) Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Shrub or Small Tree

Height at Maturity: 10-15′

Width at Maturity: 6-8′

Spacing: 5-6′ for a solid hedge; 12-14′ or more for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form: Bushy, Upright

Growth Rate: Moderate, Fast

Flower Color: Apricot, Orange to Red in full sun

Flower Size: Tiny, 1/8″ in clusters

Flowering Period: Fall, Winter, Early Spring

Flower Type: Single, in clusters

Fragrant Flowers: Yes, extremely fragrant!

Foliage Color: Dark Green, Deep Burgundy new growth

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 new reblooming Osmanthus aurianticus that produces abundant clusters of wonderfully fragrant apricot color blossoms, the Apricot Echo Tea Olive begins blooming in fall continuing through winter and early spring! After flowering the color show continues in spring as the new leaves emerge a deep burgundy almost purple maturing to deep green by summer. Evergreen leaves are larger than the species. No need to plant this one near windows as one plant can fill a back or front yard with sweet aroma! That said, of course you can plant one near a window or outdoor living spaces where the fragrance and pretty flowers can be enjoyed from closer up:-)

Interesting Note: In full sun the flowers of Apricot Echo will be deeper shades of orange to orange-red. Light to moderate shade produces soft orange flowers.

Landscape & Garden Uses

With an upright rounded form 10 to 15 feet tall and 6 to 8 feet wide (depending on pruning), the Apricot Echo 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 or privacy screen, as a 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 ideal for use as a focal point specimen in sunny to partially shaded landscape borders and home foundation plantings. A fine addition to fragrance gardens, orange theme gardens, cottage gardens, and Asian gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 5 to 6 feet apart for a solid hedge; 14 feet or more apart for space between plants

Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 7b, where the Apricot Echo Tea Olive is not winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

Growing Preferences

The Apricot Echo 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 4-5 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 and care for 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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My plants were healthy on arrival, packed carefully so not damaged in transit, and were shipped to arrive promptly. I’ve had consistently good experience with Wilson Brothers.———————————————Thanks for the kind words and awesome review! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

She arrived in beautiful condition. She has already grown 2 inches! Very happy with this purchase!!!——————————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy her for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and wonderful review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

I was so excited to get this tree and couldn’t have been happier with how healthy it looked. It is now planted and happy in its new home. I couldn’t find the Apricot Echo many places and some I didn’t trust. Wilson Bros Gardens is for sure my go to place for a great variety, great service and quality plants & trees. Can’t wait for those fragrant blooms!———————————————————Wow! Thanks for the photos! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Wilson Brothers has always provided us with beautiful plants. These Apricot Echoes are no exception. Their plants arrive in great shape. They also have a wonderful variety of plants available. Customer service is outstanding. We highly recommend a recommend Wilson brothers!——————————————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

The Apricot Echo Tea Olive arrived & appeared to be very healthy….packaging is superb. It’s doing extremely well, despite it’s only recently been planted. I’m excited to watch it flourish as time goes on. Thanks for all the help that was given to me in the selection process.——————————————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

My osthmanthus tea olive plant arrived, packaged well, in November which is very cold in the Pacific NW. We were amazed that it was so large and already had some blooms.. I’ve ordered osthmanthus multiple times through Amazon and the plantS have always been small and none have ever bloomed.
I ordered based on reviews where other customers spoke very highly of Wilson Bros and specifically the quality of the plants. I agree. You get what you pay for. Very pleased with our experience.—————————————————————Thanks so much for the photos!! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

I’ve ordered several plants from Wilson and have been very happy with all of them. I’m in zone 6b so not sure how this one will survive. I’m trying it out in a container. It’s an experiment. But it arrived looking happy and healthy.————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Keep us posted! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Plant arrived well packaged and healthy. Leaves healthy and undamaged. It is happy and thriving.————————————————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

Arrived in good shape and seems to be healthy. I may need to move it so as to provide a few more hours of daily sun. If this pays off in the Fall, I plan to order two more.————————————————–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

Apricot Osmanthus fragrans arrived well packaged and super healthy, which seems to be the norm for Wilson Bros. After purchasing, We were headed into a cold snap in my area, so I put in a sunny window for now. It’s growing and blooming and smells like candy. Looking forward to putting it in the ground and enjoying it for years to come.—————————-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

Thank You!!! Wilson’s Team:::Received :::Tea-Olive-Apricot Echo Shrubs ; beautiful ; healthy ;and flowering.
Thank You!! Team @ Wilson’s;—————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Never ever ordered a tree my mail but this was a wonderful experience. The website allows for scheduling in advance and the tree arrived exactly as requested. The tree was packed well and sufficient instructions/explanations were provided regarding care and condition of the foliage. I highly recommend using Wilson Brothers to anyone. Well done!——————————————–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

I already have the standard white and the orange tea olives, and they are growing in pots here in NY. They are doing well, I think this is their third season. They do not bloom very much, but of what I get, the fragrance is very pleasing. So naturally, I wanted to try this new Apricot Echo version. I hope it does as well as the others but flowers a bit more. As is evident from the attached image, the plant arrived in excellent health and is waiting to be transplanted to a nice ceramic pot. I am usually very happy with the plants I purchase from Wilson Brothers, but unfortunately I am running out of room. This Apricot Echo Tea Olive appears to be raring to grow and I am not expecting any problems with it as the other two are doing very well. Very happy with this purchase.———————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Tree came healthy and cant wait to see it grow and bloom. Love how yall always send healthy plants. Thank You!———————————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

This is an excellent, hardy plant. The blooms are a lot more frequent that the orange, about as prolific at the white. Wilson Brothers always packages their plants wonderfully and they arrive healthy and beautiful.—————————————–Thanks for the great review! We are so glad you are pleased! Beth | WBG

Our plants arrived promptly and in great condition due to the terrific packaging. Already have new growth. I’m so excited to watch them mature! I love tea olives!—————————————We are so glad you are pleased! Beth | WBG

This is the third Apricot Tea Olive I’ve ordered from this company. The plants are healthy and always arrive wrapped securely for shipping. I am always pleased and highly recommend Wilson Brothers Gardens.———————————–Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG

This was my first order with Wilson Brothers and I’m a happy customer. Ordered 5 Apricot Echo Tea Olives. They arrived ahead of schedule; the soil was still moist; the plants had a few blooms ready to open. Beautiful! So happy to find availability of a plant I’ve had my eye on for awhile.———————————-Hi Dawn, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the Apricot Echo Tea Olive. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens

Arrived in excellent condition and continues to do well.—————————Hi Mary, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the Apricot Echo Tea Olive. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! 🙂
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens

My 1st time ordering with Wilson Brothers Online. I was very pleased when I received my Tea Olive. Wilson Brother’s shipping was prompt. It was packaged excellent & arrived in great condition. Size and shape were right on too! Was able to find the color I wanted at Wilson Brothers too! Thank You Wilson Brothers!—————————Hi Diane, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the Apricot Echo Tea Olive. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens

The initial shipment was cold damaged and did not survive. I got the replacement smoothly and the flowers smell heavenly!———————-WBG Reply: Hi Yan, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the Apricot Echo Tea Olive. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come!
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens