Olive Tree Growing Zones
Olive trees thrive in u s.
Olive tree growing zones. Full or partial sun. Manzanilla manzanilla olive trees produce good table olives and have moderate cold tolerance. Type evergreen tree oldest on record 4 000 years usda zones 8 11 light sun crown spreading canopy. With some basic regular care your olive tree can give you many years of pleasure.
Small greek olive tree from athens greece that makes velvety extra virgin olive oil. It produces large fruit that can be pressed to make delicious oil. Choose olive varieties that are cold tolerant typical olives trees will be damaged by temperatures below 17f and may not survive temperatures below 10f. This tasty morsel packs a punch as one of the most extensively planted olive cultivars in the world usda hardiness zones 7 through 11.
15 to 20 feet. Olive trees grow in a wide variety of climatic conditions and will grow well in any area with hot dry summers and mild winters. Even with cold hardy varieties it s important to keep your zone 7 olive trees safe from the most extreme temperature dips. Olive trees need a minimum of six hours of full sunshine daily.
Olive trees can live for many centuries if they have optimal growing conditions. Olive trees can be grown outdoors in usda plant hardiness zones 8 and above. Early october to january. A few varieties are a bit tougher and more likely to make it through cold spells.
Tips at a glance. If you re in usda zone 7 we recommend mission and arbequina olive trees. Olive trees require warm sunny and dry weather conditions. For those gardeners with harsh winter conditions olive trees can be grown in containers and brought indoors for the winter.
Temperatures below 12 degrees fahrenheit will kill a tree to the ground but a. 12 c and then re growing from the crown. Thriving during long hot and dry summers these relatively. Cold hardiness of olive trees is similar to that of citrus and improves over time.
Picual this tree is popular in spain for producing oil and is moderately cold hardy. Olive trees have been grown in the mediterranean for thousands of years and have supplied their growers with olives olive oil and beauty. Warmth sun and well drained soil in the us growing zones 8 to 11 will support olea europaea. Gardeners in colder climates must grow olive trees in a greenhouse or containers that can be moved indoors during winter.
Now with all that in mind i have also read claims of trees dying down to the ground with temps below 10 f. Generally olive trees are only suited to usda zones 9 11 so sadly there are no zone 6 olive tree cultivars. 4 to 8 hours.