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Felder Rushing
(Common Olive, Cultivated Olive, European Olive)
Prized for its oil-rich fruits, the olive tree is a native of the chaparral regions of the Mediterranean where the oil from its fruits fueled the diets of many great, early civilizations. Unlike most other fruit trees, olives are very long-lived and produce better with age, so ancient groves across countries such as Greece, Italy, Israel and Turkey. Trees as old as 1800 years still produce bumper crops of olives. Contemporary groves also exist worldwide, where the climate permits. In the North America,...
(Common Olive, Majestic Beauty® Common Olive)
Fruitless olive trees are an ideal choice for gardeners who want to avoid the allergy and litter problems associated with fruit-bearing olives. The species is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree from well-drained Mediterranean hill country, where its oil fueled the lamps of great, early civilizations.
Majestic Beauty olive slowly forms a single- or multi-trunked small tree with an airy, rounded canopy of gray-green, narrowly lance-shaped leaves. As the tree ages, the gray-barked trunk can...
Mark A. Miller
(Common Olive, Little Ollie® Common Olive)
The beauty of the olive tree is now available in this shrub selection, ‘Montra,’ opening new uses for gardens in suitable climates. The parent species is a native of well-drained Mediterranean hill country where oil pressed from its fruits fueled the lamps of great, early civilizations. An evergreen, ‘Montra’ has larger green leaves with light green undersides for a remarkably lush-looking drought-resistant shrub. This plant produces multiple shoots from the base to produce a dense, upright mass....
James H. Schutte
Virtually pollen- and fruit-free, this hardy, disease-resistant olive cultivar makes an ideal choice for gardeners who want to avoid the allergy and litter problems associated with fruit-bearing olives. The species is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree from well-drained Mediterranean hill country, where its oil fueled the lamps of great, early civilizations.
Swan Hill® olive forms a single- or multi-trunked small tree with a dense rounded canopy of gray-green, narrowly lance-shaped leaves....
(Common Olive, Fruitless Olive)
Fruitless selections of the olive tree have renewed the interest of gardeners in growing the tree because they have eliminate its biggest problem: litter. The parent species is a native of well-drained Mediterranean hill country where its oil fueled the lamps of the great, early civilizations. The olive oil of the kitchen is pressed from the fruits, which are quite nutritious in their own right. Olive trees are low-branching evergreen, with a dense canopy of gray-green leaves. As the tree ages the...
