Fukien tea,
only problem in the tropics [ Trinidad , next to Venezuela ] - for big trunk - must be ground grown.
Aphids - use Neem spray.
Other than Furidan [ systemic ] it will damage - speaking from experience.
That is the only pest I have seen on the Fukien tea, but the shrubs are in full sun.
Three types, large, medium and small leaf. Small leaf is the most refined, but once again, big trunk - ground grow.
Able to refine into mounds, like a mango tree's shape. Leaf dense, not branch dense. Hedge material - any shape possible.
Larger the trunk the more effective the small tree in a pot illusion.
Nothing but good things to say about this tree.
NOT TROPICAL - most come from China - zone 9 most likely, some one should test an acclimated cutting, see if it also goes to zone 7, and if the pest problem is because the tree needs to rest and is not happy or healthy.
Might be a cool garage grower for winter ???????
It will rest outdoors in our climate [ low of 66 deg.F by night - month and a half of snooze.]
erto Rico is colder than us
Hope this helps renew interest.
Good Hedge --------- therefore any shape is possible - frees the imagination.
Good Day
Anthony
* Top is gone has to be regrown, systemic poisoning.
Started out as stump from China
