Botanical Name: Common Names:
Olea europaea Mission Olive,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Hedging / Screening, Trees Broad Domed
Description:
Olives are one of the oldest cultivated tree in the world and are very long lived. The Olive Mission's fruit can be used for pickling and well as a table olive and is widely used to make olive oil. Besides the fantastic fruit that these olives produce, they are very versatile in the landscape, they can be hedged, pleached, made into standards and also suit a front line coastal position.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
4-10m 4-10m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun Loam, Sandy, Well Drained