Dwarf Olive Tree Care
When selecting a container opt for clay or wood.
Dwarf olive tree care. Plant your tree in a mix of potting soil and perlite or small rocks. Spiny black olive dwarf black olive. Dwarf olives can grow to 6 feet but you can prune them to keep them shorter. It is a evergreen tree with a smooth gray brown trunk and small compact foliage.
Avoid letting the leaves touch window glass which can intensify the sunlight and burn them. Soil soil mix. Its ancestor is olea europea the fruiting olive of the mediterranean which descended in antiquity from a scrubby wild olive known in the holy land. This dwarf fruitless olive was introduced by monrovia in 1987.
The trees can produce suckers and may need to be pruned annually to keep their shape. Caring pruning and watering all take a part in letting potted olive trees grow well and bear olives. It needs regular watering to thrive. Name olea europea.
Plastic containers retain more water which can be deadly for an olive tree. Dwarf olive trees will grow as tall as six feet although you can keep them shorter by pruning them. Avoid sites where water stands during rainy periods or where ground water seeps into a hole two feet deep. Though commonly called black olive this tree does not produce an edible olive but rather a small seed pod.
Choose a spot in your home that gets at least 6 hours of direct sun a day such as a southern exposure. Do not however confuse the olive for a desert plant. Caring for fruitless olive trees once your fruitless olive is established it requires very little care. For an ornamental shrub that is hardy to zone 8 dwarf olive trees such as little ollie provide a mediterranean look and feel without the size or fruit.
Some gardeners prefer to grow these trees as bonsai. Harvest september to december. This oleaster angustifolia contributes the shorter stature to the contemporary plants. Height 3 to 10 feet 1 to 3 m exposure full sun.
If this occurs prune back dead branches cutting into areas of the branch that are clearly healthy and sterilize the blade of the pruner or saw with rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle between each cut and when done pruning s. Select a location for your dwarf olive tree that is located in full sun and well drained soil. Although olive trees can reach up to ten feet in containers unless your ceilings are particularly high you ll probably want to opt for a dwarf variety. Native to the caribbean and the florida keys this delicate tree grows into a bonsai almost by itself.
Olive trees do not do well in poorly drained soil and may develop root rot. Olive trees require a well drained soil and a sunny position. Type fruit tree.