GENUS - Olea
SPECIES - Europaea
COMMON NAME - Olive Tree
PRE-TREATMENT - Required
ZONE HARDINESS COLD - 9
ZONE HARDINESS WARM - 11
PLANT TYPE - Small Tree
HEIGHT / SPREAD - 9m / 7m
LEAF / FLOWER COLOR - Silver-gray / Yellow
Olive trees make beautiful specimens for dry, chaparral landscapes across the globe and are some of the most commercially valuable of all fruit-bearing woody plants.
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.
Olive trees develop low branches that support a dense cover of lance-shaped, gray-green leaves with whitish undersides. These remain evergreen all season. As the trees age, the grey trunks become quite gnarled and attractive. Olives are slow growing and usually take between five and eight years before they are fruitful. Mature specimens produce clusters of small, fragrant, white flowers in the spring. The flowers give way to the familiar olive fruits. Some cultivars are self-fruitful, others set more fruit with cross pollination and a few ornamental selections are sterile and fruitless. Those grown for their fruits are typically harvested in late fall or winter.
Provide olive trees with plenty of sun and very well-drained soil with average to poor fertility and a neutral to alkaline pH. The best time to plant new trees is in spring. They are quite drought tolerant, but newly planted trees become better established if regularly fed and irrigated in the first two to three years after planting. Protect the trunks from damage because nicks and gouges may induce unwanted shoots, or suckers. Hardiness varies from cultivar to cultivar, so keep this in mind when choosing a tree for your landscape. Common pests include the olive fruit fly and black scale. Fruit-bearing trees grown as ornamentals can be sheared after flowering to prevent fruit formation, but this is time consuming and can spoil their natural beauty. Fruitless varieties make better specimen trees. (source: learn2grow.com)
QUANTITY
This sale is for 5 hand-sorted seeds, but please check our eBay store for more seeds or ask for a different quantity and combined shipping.
EXTRA SEEDS
Yes, the ( + ) sign in the title does always mean the extra seeds for you. Additional amount depends on the size of seed and the total amount of seeds purchased and might be more than 5-20%. Please note - it is the GIFT for our buyer. The specific amount is not guaranteed but we will do the best to make you happy.
PACKING
The seeds are securely packed in plastic labeled bags. You will get every seed with printed germination instruction included. The online extended PDF version will be accesible as well.
You will receive:
1. Seeds packed in plastic labeled bags.
2. Printed germination instructions
SHIPPING
We will ship from UNITED STATES, FLORIDA on the same or next business day after payment cleared by USPS First Class Mail with the propagation and printed germination instructions. But you should check additional Internet resources for proper germination methods.
Delivery time depends on your location (we always ship on the same or next business day after cleared payment):
Domestic (United States) - 2-5 days
NOTE FOR INTERNATIONAL BUYERS !
WE DO NOT ALLOWED INTERNATIONAL ORDERS HERE. PLEASE VISIT OUT ONLINE STORE AT ADDRESS http://www.hobbyseeds.com TO BUY INTERNATIONALLY.
DISCOUNTS
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1. The paid orders usually ships the same or next business day. The delivery time for orders shipped using USPS usually takes 2-7 days.
2. Currently, we are unable to ship inside State of Florida.
Because of the delicate and perishable nature of seeds, we are unable to accept returns.
Should the customer be justifiably dissatisfied with any of the seeds sent by us, he or she may send an email, stating the reasons. After checking the complaint, we will send replacement seeds or seeds of a different species.
Once the seeds are shipped, we can’t accept returns. On receipt of your order please verify the completeness and intact condition. If there are any items missing which were in the original order or if you feel that some item is not in the ,condition it should be (infestation, physical damage, disease), please contact us as soon as possible to resolve the issue. Please do not send back the items unless asked for it. For communication with us please take photos of the items which present problems and attach them to your message. We will do everything possible to solve the problem immediately to ensure complete satisfaction of the customer.
Germination Information will be presented for every item in the order.
PLEASE NOTE:
1. We are unable to control a buyer's country's laws, any confiscated or destroyed shipment by a buyers country is out of our hands and the risk the buyer takes if they don't know their laws.
2. PayPal system does not return transaction fees for refunded orders anymore. In the case the buyer would like to cancel paid order, non-refundable PayPal fees are excluded from refund..
3. Packages returned due incorrect shipping address are subject for refund with actual shipping cost excluded. Please ensure you are providing correct shipping address!
