Organic Olive Tree Plant, long living and easy to grow. evergreen, silvery leaf.

Description: Organic Olive Tree Plant, Long living and easy to grow. evergreen, silvery foliage. USDA zones 4-9. Also sell Bunch of freshly cut stems for tea, wedding arrangement, event, floral, centerpiece, home or office decor. Live plants will be shipped with bare roots. The plant you will receive varies in shape. Among the oldest cultivated trees in the world, the olive tree is a great addition to any garden. Growing well both in pots and in the ground, even in poor or stony soil. Pot growing Small and medium olive trees can be grown in pots. Choose a deep pot with good drainage, as the olive tree is used to a free draining soil. Repot when necessary. Ideally they should go into a pot that is 50% wider and deeper than the one theyre moved from. Place a layer of grit or gravel at the bottom. Olive trees are evergreen and will add a Mediterranean feel to your garden, patio or balcony. In an especially warm and sheltered site they may produce fruit. However, in the UK the olive trees are grown mainly for their architectural effect. They come in various shapes, age, and sizes. They can be natural forms (bush), standard (tree shaped), mature, pruned topiary, or bonsai. The Olive tree is a truly beautiful, architectural tree widely loved by landscapers and homeowners throughout the world. This iconic Mediterranean plant is one of the most commonly grown fruit trees, when mature they can provide the homeowner with as much as 18kg (40lbs) of fruit each year! The wild Olive Tree occurs naturally in the Mediterranean, particularly along the coasts of Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, and across the lands of Jordan, Syria, Israel, and northern Africa. Nevertheless, in its wild state, the Olive Tree is small and has little value as it needs to be skillfully cultivated for optimal fruit production. Long living and easy to grow, it is a highly desirable feature tree. Not only for its fruiting ability but also for its evergreen, silvery foliage and gnarled, twisted trunks. The Olive tree becomes more beautiful with age and older specimens take on a truly ancient appearance. It can be grown in the ground as a feature tree within your planting scheme, it also makes wonderful hedging and is very useful as an ornamental windbreak. In pots and containers, it looks fantastic when clipped into a topiary specimen. It is a versatile tree that has different varieties, which can be grown for thick hedges, grafted for production, trimmed as a topiary, grown in pots and espalier-trained to grow against a wall on a lattice. While it may exhibit ordinary tree features, its foliage can reach a high density and through aging, its trunk forms a distinguishing pattern of twists, protrusions, and knots. Some of the oldest Olive Trees can be found in Israel, which are said to be around a thousand years old and are still fruit-producing. A cultivated Olive Tree can reach up to 6 meters and usually starts fruiting after five years, or sometimes more. The olives are berries (fruit) produced by the tree and they tend to ripen in early Autumn and harvested at the end of November. The old practice of collecting olives still exists today where the tree is vigorously shaken to get the olives to drop off the branches. If the exposed tree is cut down or destroyed by fire or other natural disasters, its root will grow new shoots, ensuring the growth of multiple new trunks and its continued existence. Drought tolerant, pest and disease free, and hardy throughout Australia, it can survive the hottest of summers and all but the coldest of winters with minimal care and maintenance. They are extremely resilient trees that are tough enough to withstand neglect even in containers. Olive Trees like well-drained soil with a pH of 6.5 7 and full sun for maximum productivity. Olive Trees will appreciate light fertilizing (with potassium) and light irrigation in summer to stimulate fruit growth. The flowering period is in early Summer when the bees and wind are instrumental in the pollination process. One of the amazing things about Olive trees is that the more they mature the more interesting they become. WE ARE CLOSED ON SATURDAYS. So expect 1-day delay when you purchase or have inquiries on that day. Thank you for understanding. We are not responsible for any error by the carrier- crushed package, lost package, delayed package or any other case that might arise. We do not accept returns & exchanges. But please contact us if you have problems with your order.

Price: 39.99 USD

Location: Fallbrook, California

End Time: 2024-08-16T05:57:51.000Z

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