Olea Europaea Olive Tree For Sale
Arbequina olive tree 2 gallon pot this self pollinating and cold hardy olive tree not only provides a bountiful yearly crop of mild buttery and lightly flavored olives its grey green leaves rough greyish green bark and natural look add handsome color texture and form in the home landscape.
Olea europaea olive tree for sale. The trees grow close to the ionian sea in the kalamata region of southern greece. Olive trees can live for many centuries if they have optimal growing conditions. An attractive refined appearance to the upright open crown of this superior evergreen patio or garden tree that does not produce messy mature fruit. Some older trees produce wood with decorative figuring.
Gray green leaves are narrow and long giving it an airy appearance. Cultivated for 6000 years in mediterranean countries olea europea is a plant full of symbolism and deep meaning peace wisdom glory fertility power and purity. Kalamata olives are fairly large as are the trees foliage which also have a torpedo skin and split. Tips at a glance.
If you want the look of the olive tree and don t need the fruit choose the little ollie olea europaea montra dwarf olive tree. A small evergreen tree olea europaea native to the mediterranean region. Majestic beauty fruitless olive olea europaea monher sku 6299. The dense durable wood of the olive tree is yellowish to light brown with a greenish tinge and a straight close grain.
Thrives in hot dry regions. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about olea olive tree olea europaea arbequina supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at dave s garden. The greek kalamata is one of the most famous olive cultivars. Their olives contain moderate amounts of oil so growers produce them for use as table olives.
It produces an attractive deep reddish purple fruit. Swan hill olive tree olea europaea swan hill the swan hill fruitless olive tree grows and looks like a normal fruiting olive tree but it doesn t produce the messy fruit. Moon valley nurseries ensures that our fruitless olive trees are truly fruitless. The tree will need good light indoors in the northeast during winter.
Type evergreen tree oldest on record 4 000 years usda zones 8 11 light sun crown spreading canopy. The small tree is grown commercially for its fruits and oil. Warmth sun and well drained soil in the us growing zones 8 to 11 will support olea europaea.