Olea europaea
Olive trees are long living evergreens, famous and loved for their olive fruits and the oils produced from them. We are premium suppliers and planters of the olive tree.
Olives are native Mediterranean, slow growing small evergreen trees, famous and loved for their fruit and the oils produced from them.
Olive trees live for 500 years on average with some specimens recorded of reaching up to 1500 years old!
The bark and branches of the olive tree are silver-grey and smooth when young, turning dark brown, gnarled and grooved with age.
The leaves are grey-green in colour with a silvery underside, narrow long elliptical and evergreen. Small, fragrant, yellow-white flowers appear in June – August. The olive tree fruits are elliptical, almost round and olive green or black when ripe. They take a year to fully ripen.
We provide full planting services for Olive Trees which includes supply, delivery and installation.
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Olive trees require nutrient-rich very well drained soil. Likes chalk.
Olive trees require full sun positioning.
Olive tree growth rates can vary dramatically depending on their location and the weather. They can live through the UK winters including low temperatures down to minus 10 degrees or more.
Olive trees can adapt to most soil pH the most important thing being is that it is very well-draining and doesn’t get wet during the winter months.
In deep loose soil, the roots will go deep, Otherwise, olive trees usually have a shallow, far-reaching root system.
When planted in the UK, olive trees are adaptable and will survive as long as the ground remains freely draining and doesn’t get wet. Avoid planting in windy locations.
Prune olive trees in the spring to shape-up.
The olive is a great addition to any sunny, well-draining garden location. Keep nutrition level up and pruned to shape in the spring.
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