Can Olive Trees Grow On Vancouver Island
Fruit grower and orchardist bob duncan picks lemons from his 10 and 20 year old lemon trees.
Can olive trees grow on vancouver island. With cold winters and less than tropical summers most canadians don t think of planting lemon or olive trees in their backyards. In 2009 the sat urna olive con sor tium was estab lished to sell olive trees to the gulf islands van cou ver island and canada s west ern lower main land. Milder winters allow growth of lemons and olives on vancouver island open this photo in gallery. Since 2009 the saturna olive consortium has imported varieties that are proven to grow under these zone 8 conditions.
That said olive trees will grow in the warmer zone 8 areas of the lower mainland southern vancouver island and the southern gulf islands. That said olive trees will grow in the warmer zone 8 areas of the lower mainland southern vancouver island and the southern gulf islands. But on salt spring island both are plentiful. And again we do not ship our trees.
Except in one corner of vancouver island that s exactly what farmer bob duncan does. So olive fruit grow ing in south west canada is mak ing its way into the non com mer cial sec tor as well. 2020 inventory 1 gal leccino share this. Olive trees growing on the sunny slopes of british columbia s gulf islands could turn into a unique cottage industry a.
With cold winters and less than tropical summers most canadians don t think of growing lemons or olives.