Sasaba Bamboo Leaf Tea Olive – 1 Gallon Pot

Spacing:  4-5′ for solid hedges;  10′ or more for space between plants

Flower Color:  White

Flower Size:  Small, in clusters

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An outstanding evergreen flowering shrub in more ways than one, Sasaba Bamboo Leaf Tea Olive provides amazingly unique foliage and wonderful fragrance. “Bamboo Leaf” in the common name refers to the tight bunches of highly ornamental, deeply lobed evergreen leaves similar in appearance to young bamboo leaves. We think the leaves look more like needle point ivy so we’ve always called this selection ‘Ivy Leaf Tea Olive.’ As with other tea olives, fall brings abundant clusters of tiny white flowers with a wonderfully sweet, fresh fragrance permeating the garden. A little slower growing than other tea olive varieties, Sasaba might add 6 to 10 inches or so in size per year naturally forming an upright, dense, rounded to conical shrub to 8 to 10 feet tall and 6 to 8 feet wide when all grown up. As it grows taller lower branches can be removed to form a highly attractive small tree. Easy to grow and very low maintenance, this beauty is a must for those that enjoy unique and unusual plants with loads of sensory appeal. 

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