Olive Trees

OLIVES (Olea europea - native to the Mediterranean region)

The family Oleacea encompasses about 900 species of trees and shrubs with opposite leaves and flower parts that are usually in fours. Members include privet (Ligustrum), olive (Olea), and lilac (Syringa).
The olive is one of only three good-looking big trees Californians can grow without water, the others being Eucalyptus and Oaks.
Willowlike foliage is a soft gray green that goes well with most other colors. Smooth gray trunks become gnarled with age.
Trees grow slowly to 20-25'. Olives look best grown in deep, rich soil but will grow in shallow, alkaline soil with litlle fertilizer.
They thrive in areas with hot, dry summers but also permorm well in coastal climates. Hardy to 15*. Will stand heavy pruning.

#	Species	Fruit	Foliage	Growth Habit	Oil	Comments
1	Ascolana	Large, small pit
2	Bonita	Tiny, like privet
3	Coratina
4	Frantoio	Purple black when mature, medium size, oval			Rich in oil (17-22%); very fruity, aromatic, high quality
5	Leccino	Purple black			Good content (16-21%); mildly fruity, delicate
6	Little Ollie	Almost no fruit	Very dark green	Big dense shrub to 12'		Excellent hedge or screen
7	Majestic Beauty	Almost no fruit	Airy and fluffy	20-25'		Excellent hedge or screen
8	Manzanillo	Apple shaped fruit		More spreading than most		Commercial grove variety most available
9	Mission	Black		Taller than Manzanillo		Commercial grove variety
10	Pendolino	Black			Delicate (22-23%)	Commercial grove variety
11	Servillano			Oak-like form
12	Skylark Dwarf	Small fruit in some years		Large, compact shrub to 16'		Typically multi-trunked; introduced 1969
13	Swan Hill	Bears no fruit	Deep green	30'		Little or no pollen; introduced from Swan Hill, Australia in 1972
14	Wilsoni	Almost no fruit		20-25'		Discovered in a grove of Manzanillo; introduced 1979
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16	(Varieties not currently available)

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