Hi! It sounds almost like some kind of viburnum.

Hi again Kat. Maybe Viburnum odoratissimum

Hey Trini, How are you?? No, I don't think it's a viburnum, the leaves are longer and thinner then those. It has a single trunk and about 15 feet tall. I am so disappointed as I really wanted that portlandia. :o(

Hmm... do the flowers have a sort of 'vomit' odor to them? While my Phontinia doesn't have long, thin leaves, it does have red new leaves and white flower clusters. My wife hates it and says it smells like someone threw up when it is in full bloom, I'm not sure I agree with her on that assessment, but it isn't a pleasant odor. I have seen cultivars with longer, narrower leaves than the one in my yard though. And personally, I would rip it out and replace it, but I am renting the land and the owner says he 'loves' it.

Thanks for your input, but no that isn't it either. The new leaves are only "reddish" with a light green cast. The leaves aren't super long either only about 3 to 4 inches and thinner then the viburnum. It doesn't seem to have a fragrance at all.

Learn To Grow says the tree can grow to 15, but usually about 8. The new growth has blush pink leaves that turn deep glossy green. The leaves on my tree look like that, but the flowers are a cluster on a single stem that look like the tea olive flowers.

Just wanting to definitely rule out at least one type of viburnum, this is my one of my Walter's Viburnums. I forget the cultivar, perhaps it was Mrs. Schiller's? It is taller than my Whorled Class ones and a bit more open with it's foliage. The leaves are also relatively longer and narrower than the Whorled Class. The leaves pictured here are only about 1 1/2 inches long, but sometimes the newer leaves do have a reddish tint, though it quickly gives way to green. The ones in the picture below look yellowish, but in person they looked like they had a orange tint. As your leaves are 3-4 inches long, it very likely isn't this plant, but it could be another cultivar? Or perhaps a different species?

I was about to suggest elderberry, but noticed you said single trunked. I will stop throwing out multi-trunk options. I have seen single-trunked viburnums and fringe trees, but I don't think anyone would say fringe tree flowers remind them of tea olives. Any chance you could upload a picture? That would probably get a pretty quick ID.

No, I don't think it's either of those you just mentioned, but the flowers are similar to the elderberry. :o)