Arbequina Olive Tree Potted
Arbequina olive tree standard potted olive trees come potted and are self fruitful produce both male and female flowers on the same tree.
Arbequina olive tree potted. Potted trees will need to be watered more often than trees planted in the ground. If you have a particularly cold snap you may need to protect the tree. Once it has reached a few feet tall you can move it to a permanent place to grow. The olive tree olea europaea is an evergreen mediterranean fruit tree that grows about 30 feet tall and 25 feet wide.
The potted trees will be about 18 36 tall from the bottom of the pot to the top of the tree approximately 1 8 1 4 diameter measured just above the graft. You should plant your arbequina olives in a small container setting it in any area with full to partial sun 3 to 6 hours of sunlight daily. You will need a container large enough to provide room to grow with drainage holes for watering. Perfect plants has exactly what you need arbequina olive trees are heavy producers when mature and easy to grow either in the ground or in a large patio container.
Even if a pollenizer is not required mixing varieties may help increase yields. Extending an olive branch is easier when you have the tree in your own backyard but if that s not possible a container will do just fine. Olive tree leaves are dry falling off. Thankfully our instructions are pretty much the same.
Larger more established olive trees do not need to be re potted on a yearly basis but will benefit from a small layer of compost spread around the base of the tree. Pruning skip out on pruning your olive tree during the first year. These statuesque beauties thrive in mediterranean climates where sun is plentiful and adapt to periods of drought once established. Arbequina olives are hardier than other varieties of olives so they can be planted in the ground in zone 7b areas that are protected from northern winds.
Allow the soil to dry somewhat before watering then water until the soil is soaked. Arbequina olive trees enjoy a high nitrogen blend of adequate moist soil. Olive trees need full sun and a. Well drained soil 4 to 8 hours of sunlight and a fresh hole that s about twice the width of your plant s root ball.
See suggested trees under pollenizer for each variety. However it s important to note that you can grow arbequina olive trees outdoors as well if you re located in zones 8 to 11 your location is well suited to ground planting your arbequina. Do this by digging a hole twice as wide as the root ball. We guarantee that potted trees will arrive in good viable condition.