Olive Tree Of Plant
The olive tree olea europaea is a classic mediterranean tree that we might associate more with holidays than our own back garden.
Olive tree of plant. Olive trees are ancient plants. Archeologists who have found olive pits and traces of olive oil in pottery shards estimate we ve been cultivating them for 6 000 to 8 000 years. Full or partial sun. 10 to 20 feet.
Not all of us can grow these trees for fruit or oil. If you do not have the space or climate to plant an olive tree in your yard you can always grow one in a container indoors or out. They can be grown in borders but make good container plants too. Salmeri tells us that the most important thing to note before bringing home your new olive tree is that these plants need sunlight air and movement.
The olive tree is an evergreen that flourishes in hot dry areas and as such will not do well in wet winter soil. They re hardy only in usda zones 8 and warmer and start to die when temperatures hit the mid teens. Olive trees can be a little contradictory. However they make good street trees and garden trees in the uk with attractive pale green evergreen leaves slow growing habit and compact size.
Pisciottana a unique variety comprising 40 000 trees found only in the area around pisciotta in the campania region of southern italy often exceeds this with correspondingly large trunk diameters. Small greek olive tree from athens greece that makes velvety extra virgin olive oil. They need sun but never too much sun as just like us they can get a sunburn. Olives are large trees 25 50 ft.
6 to 8 hours. First year or sooner. Potting your tree will keep it a manageable size. Olive trees like to be planted in well drained soil in a sunny area of the landscape.