Olive Olea europaea 65L
Product Code: 299789
£329.99
- Common Name: Olive
- Details: O. europaea has a rugged, much-branched habit and slow growth, eventually 4.5-9m. Leaves are narrowly obovate or oval, to 7.5cm long, leathery, silvery beneath. Very small white flowers are borne in axillary racemes to 5cm long. Fruit rarely produced in Britain
- Characteristics: Foliage: Evergreen: Habit: Bushy: Hardiness: H4 - Hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5)
- Sunlight: Full Sun: Exposure: Sheltered: Aspect: South-facing
- Soil: Moisture: Well-drained: Soil Type: Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Size: Ultimate height: 4-8 metres: Ultimate spread: 1.5-2.5 metres: Time to ultimate height: 20-50 years
- Suggested planting locations and garden types: Coastal Gravel Garden Patio & Container Plants Mediterranean Climate Plants City & Courtyard Gardens Sub-tropical
Description
Description
Genus: Olea are small or medium sized evergreen trees with simple, opposite leathery leaves. Flowers are in terminal or axillary panicles, and are small, whitish and followed by an ovoid, oblong or globose drupe (fruit).
