Carl Wheeler Tea Olive is a upright evergreen shrub with a dense rounded habit and holly like foliage that stays dark green year round.  The highly fragrant creamy white flowers grow in clusters along stems in fall to early winter.  Best planted in part sun with acidic rich and moist well-drained soils.  Carl Wheeler is drought, deer, pest, and disease resistant.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low Maintenance.  Keep moisture consistent.  Watch for scale and aphids.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Hedges, and Foundation Plantings.

COMPANION PLANTS: Daylily, Boxwood, Fountain Grass

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.