Olive Tree Bundle
Grow these surprisingly cold hardy, evergreen trees and enjoy your own home-grown olives! This 4-tree olive tree bundle is perfect for cross pollination that ensures abundant olives. Olives grow slowly, but will add much ornamental value to your yard. They can be easily processed into the tasty cured olives and oil we all love.
1 x Premier Olive Tree ™
From the Nikita Botanic Garden in Yalta, Ukraine, Premier™ is under evaluation in our region. Premier™ is valued for its good crops of very large, tasty fruit.
1 x Harvest Joy Olive Tree ™
From the Nikita Botanic Garden in Yalta, Ukraine, Harvest Joy Olive Tree ™ is under evaluation in our region. Harvest Joy ™ is prized for its abundant crops of large, tasty fruit.
1 x Leccino Olive Tree
This hardy, unique and classic Italian olive variety is prized for its attractive, semi-weeping form and its early ripening, large and tasty fruit.
1 x Arbequina Olive Tree
Arbequina a valuable Spanish variety. It is a very attractive and a naturally compact tree. Self-fertile and early ripening, Arbequina often begins bearing the year after planting and makes gourmet quality olives and oil.
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Latin Name: Olea europaea
Site and Soil: Full sun and lots of warmth.
Pollination Requirements: Olives are wind-pollinized; pollination can be assisted by moving pollen from flower to flower with a small brush.
Hardiness: Hardy to about 5-10º F.
Bearing Age: 1-2 years after planting
Size at Maturity: 8-15 ft. in height.
Fruit Skin: Green, black if allowed to ripen longer
Taste: Aromatic
Bloom Time: May-June
Ripening Time: October
Yield: 30-40 pounds depending on your climate
Pests & Diseases: Olive Trees will occasionally get scales and in some climates are susceptible to Cercospora leaf spot but we have seen neither of those so far while growing olives in Oregon.
USDA Zone: 8