Olive Tree

• Also known as “olive” and “Olea europae.
• Bears small, white and feathery flowers with ten-cleft calyx and corolla.
• Requires full sun for fruit production.
• Needs light winter chill for the fruits develop.
• Olives are not tolerant of excessive wetness.
• They can grow in nutrient-poor, but well-drained soils of 5-8.5 pH levels.
• Olives require 40 to 100 pounds of actual nitrogen per acre annually.
• This can be supplied with legume cover crops or composted manure.

Stocks available in Capalaba Nursery Brisbane.