Folks: tea olive deserves a resurgence. Mandarin hat plant This Himalayan shrub is easy to grow and its flowers are irresistible to butterflies Sometimes called sweet osmanthus, tea olive can grow ...

The New Southern Living Garden Book notes the tea olive's intense perfume: "Flowers are powerfully fragrant, with a scent like that of ripe apricots. Bloom is heaviest in spring, but plants flower ...

Boil two cups of water with one cup of sugar until it dissolves, add half a cup of fresh chamomile flowers and let it steep ...