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Plant height 120-130cm
Full bushy head 40cm diameter
Olea Europaea
Olea europaea, commonly called common olive, is an evergreen tree that is native to the Mediterranean region. It typically grows to 20-30' tall with a rounded crown. Young trees have smooth gray bark, but trunks and branches will gnarl somewhat picturesquely with age.
Perfect as a specimen plant in your garden or in a pot, olive trees bring a Mediterranean, exotic feel to an area with their unique bark and grey-green leaves.
Key Features:
- Flowers: Small, white-yellow flowers which are highly attractive to bees can cover the plant mid-summer if given ideal conditions. These will then grow into the olive fruit.
- Foliage: Grey-green leaves providing year-round interest
- Height & Spread: Will stay mostly the same size
- Growth Habit: Upright stem with a rounded full head on top
- Best Placement: Perfect for outside a front door in a pot, or to give structure to a garden bed
- Care Requirements: Low maintenance; thrives in full sun with well-drained soil
Bring a touch of the Mediterranean to your garden with Olea Europaea, providing lush evergreen foliage for year-round beauty, as well as flowering and fruit in ideal conditions
Plant Details
| Growth Rate | Slow |
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Growing Guide
| Hardiness | RHS H4 (−10°C to −5°C). |
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| Water Requirement | Low (drought-tolerant once established; avoid waterlogging) |
Growing & care
- Plant type
- tree
- Position & light
- Full sun
- Watering
- low
- Soil & drainage
- Well drained
- Flowering
- White· Yellow· Multicolour
- Foliage
- evergreen
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