{"title":"Olive Trees","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first decision on this page is whether you want fruit at all. Ripe olives drop, stain pale paving and get walked indoors, and birds carry the seed into bushland, so fruiting olives count as an environmental weed in South Australia and parts of Victoria and New South Wales. On lawn or gravel, well back from the entry, that is a sweeping job. Backing onto a reserve, check your council listing before you order a row.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIf the fruit is the problem\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/olive-olea-europaea-swan-hill\"\u003eSwan Hill\u003c\/a\u003e was selected in northern Victoria as a non fruiting form. It sets next to nothing and sheds very little viable pollen. Buy it for the grey canopy and never for a harvest. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/olive-olea-europaea-tolleys-upright\"\u003eTolleys Upright\u003c\/a\u003e is the other low litter answer. Fruiting is light next to the commercial cultivars, and it holds its branches close to a central axis instead of sprawling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTable fruit and oil\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing here goes from branch to plate; raw olives are bitter and need curing first. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/olive-olea-europaea-kalamata\"\u003eKalamata\u003c\/a\u003e is the tapered purple black Greek table cultivar, but flower set depends on a genuinely cold winter, so it crops in central Victoria and sulks in a warm coastal garden further north. Manzanillo is the rounded Spanish green, broader and lower branching than the upright types, and Californian Queen and Mission fill out the table group. Table cultivars set a heavier crop with a second variety flowering nearby, and they bear biennially, a heavy year then a light one. Keep the lot of them off driveways, pool surrounds, light coloured concrete and pale render. On the oil side \u003ca href=\"\/products\/olive-olea-europaea-frantoio\"\u003eFrantoio\u003c\/a\u003e is self fertile and crops on its own, and Verdale is a South Australian oil cultivar, at home in hot dry summers on alkaline limestone ground. Correggiola is the Tuscan oil olive that also travels under the Frantoio label, with pendulous branches and a name as a pollinator. Nevadillo Blanco is an Andalusian oil variety planted here mainly for its upright, well furnished shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSun and drainage decide it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun is not negotiable. In shade an olive stretches, thins out, stops flowering, then rots at the base over a wet winter, and feeding will not fix it. On the basalt clay through Melbourne's west a deep hole turns into a sump by July, so plant proud of the grade on a mound. High pH is a non issue, which is why Perth limestone sand suits an olive. Humidity is the real limit: through Brisbane and the northern rivers olives run leggy and fruit poorly. Check leaf undersides in spring for olive lace bug, which mottles the foliage grey from below before anything shows on top; it builds up quickly in a congested canopy. Prune in late winter to an open vase so light reaches the inner wood. Light regular clipping holds a shape, but an olive that has run away is not lost: it breaks readily from old wood, so a hard renovation cut is a real option in the ground. Go lighter in a pot, where there is less in reserve to push the regrowth. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e guide covers spacing in a dry bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGrades, pots and courtyards\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleven lines start at 5 litres or under, six of those at 140mm, a pot holding about a litre and a half. Six lines carry nothing below 90 litres, and nine are offered in a single size, so check the listing before assuming a grade. Three run up to 1000 litres for crane in trunks. For containers, Olivia is the compact 12 litre selection and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/olive-olea-europaea-garden-harvest\"\u003eGarden Harvest\u003c\/a\u003e the compact fruiting one; both want a free draining mix and no saucer under the pot. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/olive-olea-europaea-manzanillo-espaliers\"\u003eManzanillo Espaliers\u003c\/a\u003e arrive already trained flat, so wire them up as they go in and check the ties each season before they bite into thickening wood. Pollination partners and curing are covered in \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/growing-fruit-trees-in-australian-backyards\"\u003egrowing fruit trees\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"olive-olea-europa-mission","title":"Olive - Olea europa Mission","description":"\u003cp\u003eMission is the upright one. Where many olives sprawl and need training to lift a canopy, Mission holds a narrower, more vertical frame with a strong leader, which is why it gets used for avenues, driveway rows and tall informal screens rather than as a spreading feature tree. It also carries a reputation as one of the more cold tolerant selections, so it copes with frosty inland winters better than most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fruit is dual purpose, ripening black and used both for table curing and for oil. Like any olive it crops far more heavily in some years than others, and in a landscape setting that crop is often more nuisance than benefit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun, freely draining soil and very little water once established. At 90 litres you are planting a substantial tree, so stake it against wind while the root plate anchors, and keep grass and weeds off the base for the first two seasons rather than letting turf run to the trunk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 90L, at $519.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"90L","offer_id":64309240201585,"sku":null,"price":519.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/s7ICtDSel9-zNEiHsnTnC_tdDJslto.jpg?v=1787628610"},{"product_id":"olive-olea-europa-olivia","title":"Olive - Olea europa Olivia","description":"\u003cp\u003eTreat Olivia as the smaller scale olive in the range. Offered here in a 12 litre size, it is generally sold as a compact, well branched selection for pots, low clipped hedges and courtyard planting, where a full sized orchard olive would soon outgrow the space. Expect the same evergreen grey green foliage and the same slow to moderate pace, simply on a tighter frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContainer culture is where it earns its keep, and also where things go wrong. Olives loathe wet feet, so use a free draining potting mix, skip the saucer, and give the pot full sun. They tolerate dry spells, but not a pot that goes bone dry over and over through summer while trying to hold a dense canopy. Clip after the main growth flush rather than in midwinter, and keep pruning light and regular instead of cutting back into old bare wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 12L, at $88.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"12L","offer_id":64309240299889,"sku":null,"price":88.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/fji7XoeS89yS7J-2sEQMn_SuW6bUVi.jpg?v=1787628545"},{"product_id":"olive-olea-europa-verdale","title":"Olive - Olea europa Verdale","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn South Australian groves the Verdale name has a long history, though it covers more than one tree, a French Verdale and a locally established strain, and nurseries do not always separate them. What they share is a reputation as a hardy, productive oil cultivar suited to hot dry summers and alkaline limestone soils, precisely the ground that defeats many other fruit trees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a garden it forms a spreading evergreen canopy of narrow grey green leaves, moves at a slow to moderate pace, and needs very little water once its roots are down. Give it full sun. An olive in shade goes thin and weak and picks up scale and sooty mould.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrune to open the centre so light reaches the inner wood, since fruit is carried on the previous season's growth. At 90 litres this is already a semi advanced tree, so plant it slightly high rather than deep, and firm the soil around the root ball properly so it does not rock in wind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 90L, at $519.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"90L","offer_id":64309240332657,"sku":null,"price":519.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/OK0M6UCm-aL356sV0-p0N_ae90o3hO.jpg?v=1787628610"},{"product_id":"olive-olea-europaea-correggiola","title":"Olive - Olea europaea Correggiola","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnder its Tuscan name or under the closely related Frantoio label, Correggiola is one of the classic Italian oil olives, and it is planted as much for its shape as for its fruit. The branches are noticeably pendulous, giving a soft, weeping outline that reads far less rigid than the upright table cultivars, and the leaves are long, narrow and silver on the underside. It also has a good name as a pollinator, so it is a sensible addition if you already have another olive or two in the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes here run from a 140mm right through to 90 litre, which covers a hedge line planted young as well as an instant feature tree. The small sizes are the sensible way to establish a long row, since young olives catch up quickly once settled. Full sun, free draining soil, low water once established, and an open framework pruned in late winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelivery is a flat $99 to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA, with a $399 minimum order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 5 sizes, from 140mm up to 90L, priced from $17.95 to $759.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64309242560881,"sku":null,"price":17.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"190mm","offer_id":64309242593649,"sku":null,"price":39.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90L","offer_id":64309242626417,"sku":null,"price":759.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64309242659185,"sku":null,"price":36.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64309242691953,"sku":null,"price":139.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/QkIQFnjSR8_gjJPES2TYp_WeY6myt1.jpg?v=1787628610"},{"product_id":"olive-olea-europaea-del-morocco","title":"Olive - Olea europaea Del Morocco","description":"\u003cp\u003eGive it the hottest, driest, most reflected-heat corner you have and it will be happier there than almost anything else you could plant. Del Morocco is grown as much for its silver-backed evergreen canopy as for fruit, and in full sun it holds that grey-green colour year round.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowth is slow to moderate, which is exactly the point for formal work. A row of olives holds its shape for years without the constant shearing a fast screener demands, and the same restraint makes it easy to live with as a courtyard feature. Once established, water needs drop away sharply. What kills olives in Australian gardens is wet feet rather than drought, so mound the planting on heavy clay and drop the summer irrigation habit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFruit drop is the practical warning. Anything over paving, pool surrounds or a light-coloured driveway will stain in autumn, so keep fruiting olives to lawn, bed or gravel. Prune to an open vase in late winter to keep light in the centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 35L up to 200L, priced from $179.00 to $1049.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64309242790257,"sku":null,"price":209.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"35L","offer_id":64309242823025,"sku":null,"price":179.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200L","offer_id":64309242855793,"sku":null,"price":1049.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/Djifh6Qtigw_XpdmP_Brj_vof1MmLx.jpg?v=1787628611"},{"product_id":"olive-olea-europaea-manzanillo-espaliers","title":"Olive - Olea europaea Manzanillo Espaliers","description":"\u003cp\u003eKeep the frame. These are Manzanillo olives already trained flat as espaliers, which means several years of shaping work is done and your job is to hold the plane rather than rebuild it. Fix the plant to horizontal wires or a trellis as soon as it goes in, tie with soft ties, and check them each season so they do not cut into thickening wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManzanillo is the large fruited Spanish table olive, naturally more spreading and lower branching than the upright oil types, which is part of why it takes to espalier work so readily. Ripe fruit drops and stains, so think twice before running one along rendered render or above pale paving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun and drainage matter above all else. A north or west facing wall throws back plenty of heat, which olives enjoy, but it also dries the soil fast through the first summer. Trim outward facing shoots through the growing season to keep the face flat and tidy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 500mm, at $1039.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64309244363121,"sku":null,"price":1039.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/7gVf8JedbgG2If1eZmpUt_xfrrJBxf.jpg?v=1787628545"},{"product_id":"olive-olea-europaea-tolleys-upright","title":"Olive - Olea europaea Tolleys Upright","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhere a standard olive sprawls sideways, Tolleys Upright holds its branches close to a central axis and grows tall and narrow. That habit is the whole point of the cultivar. It lets you run a line down a driveway or along a boundary without losing metres of ground to the canopy, and it makes a matched pair either side of an entry easy to keep even.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFoliage is the usual olive grey green with a silvered underside that flickers in wind. Fruiting is light compared with commercial varieties, which is a relief in a courtyard where dropped olives would stain pavers. Evergreen and undemanding once its roots are down, it wants full sun, sharp drainage and very little water. Heavy clay and too much irrigation are what kill olives in Australian gardens, not drought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClip lightly to keep the column tight, or let it thicken naturally. Check your local listings first, since olives are a declared environmental weed in parts of South Australia and Victoria.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 13 sizes, from 180mm up to 100L, priced from $26.95 to $649.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311327523185,"sku":null,"price":129.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311327588721,"sku":null,"price":38.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64311327621489,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90L","offer_id":64311327687025,"sku":null,"price":549.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64311327719793,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70L","offer_id":64311327752561,"sku":null,"price":429.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm Squat","offer_id":64311327785329,"sku":null,"price":109.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311327818097,"sku":null,"price":219.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"35L","offer_id":64311327883633,"sku":null,"price":199.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64311327916401,"sku":null,"price":459.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64311327949169,"sku":null,"price":229.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"180mm","offer_id":64311327981937,"sku":null,"price":26.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50L","offer_id":64311328014705,"sku":null,"price":379.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/sM4fOBVrbkwzAUvSLOqoE_qWVS8K58.jpg?v=1787629104"},{"product_id":"olive-olea-europaea-frantoio","title":"Olive - Olea europaea Frantoio","description":"\u003cp\u003ePut it next to a table olive like Kalamata or Manzanillo and the difference is what the crop is for. This is one of the oil cultivars Tuscan growers built their groves on, and it doubles as a grey-leaved ornamental. Young trees are upright and willowy, then spread and soften as they age, carrying narrow grey-green leaves that flash silver whenever the wind turns them over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is self fertile and a consistent cropper, so a single tree will set fruit without a partner. That cuts both ways. Fruit falling on paving or a driveway stains, and a hedged row over a courtyard means sweeping. Clipping regularly keeps the mess down, because it removes the wood that would have flowered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun and drainage are the two things it will not negotiate on. Wet feet in heavy clay have killed more olives in this country than cold ever has. Once settled, it carries long dry spells on very little water. Check the undersides of the leaves for olive lace bug, which mottles the foliage grey from below before you notice anything from above.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 7 sizes, from 140mm up to 1000L, priced from $18.95 to $9899.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? 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The fluted, hollowed, silver-grey timber that develops over decades is the reason a single mature specimen can hold a courtyard on its own, and the largest containers in this range are crane-in trees bought for precisely that effect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmaller stock is more often planted in rows, clipped into hedges or trained as standards. Foliage is evergreen and grey-green year round, and the tree tolerates wind, salt air, rocky ground and alkaline soil that would stall most things. Full sun is essential. Water is barely a consideration once the tree is established, provided drainage is genuine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnnamed seedling olives fruit unpredictably, so treat any crop as a bonus rather than a plan, and expect fruit drop under the canopy. Worth knowing too that olives have naturalised in parts of South Australia and inland New South Wales, so check with your council before mass planting on rural land.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelivery is a flat $99 to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 18 sizes, from 140mm up to 1000L, priced from $16.95 to $21999.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? 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It is a Spanish table olive, grown for a large rounded fruit with a small stone rather than for oil, which in a garden means a productive tree if you are willing to cure the crop and a stained path if you are not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHabit is broader and more spreading than the upright olives, with grey-green foliage that flashes silver from underneath. It accepts clipping, so it works as a hedge, a lollipop standard, a large pot specimen or a loose orchard row. Heat, wind and poor soil do not trouble it, and once established it runs on very little water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWet feet do trouble it. Heavy clay with no fall is the usual cause of failure, so plant on a raised mound if drainage is doubtful and keep mulch off the trunk. Prune in late winter to open the centre. 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It is a genuine fruiting cultivar, ripening to black, grown for both table fruit and oil, so expect a crop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat crop is the thing to plan around. Ripe fruit falls and will stain pavers, pool surrounds and light coloured concrete, and birds carry seed into bushland, where olives have naturalised across parts of South Australia and Victoria. Keep it well back from paving, or choose a non fruiting type if that matters on your site.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun, free draining soil, and very little water once the roots are down. Wet feet is one of the few things it will not forgive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 10 sizes, from 140mm up to 150L, priced from $16.95 to $889.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? 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Swan Hill was selected in northern Victoria as a non fruiting form, and it sets next to nothing, which removes the stained paving, the slippery mess around a pool and the bird spread seedlings that make ordinary olives a weed risk in parts of southern Australia. Its flowers also shed very little viable pollen, which is why it turns up in council plantings and around schools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything else is standard olive, and that is the appeal. Grey green leaves with silver undersides that move in the slightest breeze, a trunk that gains character and gnarl with age, and a tolerance of heat, wind, alkaline soil and long dry spells once established.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun and drainage are the two requirements. It takes shaping well, whether that is a clean single trunk over paving, a clipped ball in a pot, or a row pruned into a hedge along a driveway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 7 sizes, from 200mm up to 200L, priced from $38.95 to $1529.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? 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This is the olive grown for the table rather than for oil, large, almond shaped and slightly curved, colouring from green through to a deep purple black. Fruit set is more reliable with another olive variety flowering nearby, so if a crop actually matters, plant more than one type.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a garden plant it does what any olive does. Grey green leaves with silvered undersides, a trunk that gains character early, and enough density when clipped to hold a line as an informal screen. Full sun is not negotiable, and drainage counts for far more than fertility. Olives sulk in heavy clay that stays wet over winter, so mound the planting position or improve the soil before the tree goes in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne thing to settle before you site it: ripe fruit drops, and it stains pale paving and car duco. Keep fruiting olives back from driveways and entertaining areas, or accept some sweeping in autumn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 12 sizes, from 140mm up to 100L, priced from $17.95 to $669.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? 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The leaves are narrow, grey-green above and silver beneath, so the canopy changes colour every time a breeze moves through it, and the effect carries right across a courtyard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVerdale is a South Australian selection grown commercially for oil, and it keeps the upright, slightly open frame of a working orchard tree rather than the tight clipped ball. With age the trunk fissures and gnarls, which is why single specimens get set as sculpture in gravel gardens and against rendered walls. Full sun, low water once established, slow to moderate growth, and it holds on poor stony ground provided the drainage is good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFruit is the practical consideration. Ripe olives drop, stain paving and get walked indoors, so keep it clear of driveways and entertaining areas or plan on picking. 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Californian Queen is grown as a table olive, selected for large fruit rather than oil, on a vigorous tree carrying the grey green foliage and pale undersides that make olives so useful in Mediterranean style planting, as a clipped screen, or as a single feature with a sculptural trunk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePractical points. Most table olives set a heavier crop with a second variety flowering nearby, so plan on more than one if fruit is the aim, and expect biennial bearing with a big year followed by a light one. Olive lace bug is the pest to watch, silvering the upper leaf surface with black spotting underneath, and it builds up fastest in congested unpruned canopies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo not plant over paving, a driveway or a pool, because dropped fruit stains badly. Birds spread the seed, and olives are treated as an environmental weed in parts of southern Australia. Advanced sizes ship at our flat $99 rate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 30L up to 90L, priced from $199.00 to $539.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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Hay fever sufferers do better around it as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCulture is ordinary olive culture: full sun, neutral to alkaline soil, genuinely free drainage and very little water once the roots are down. Wet feet is the one thing it will not forgive. Olive lace bug silvers the foliage in humid districts and scale follows poor air movement, so keep the canopy open when you prune. At 90 litres this is already a substantial specimen, so sort out site access and a properly prepared hole before it arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 90L, at $539.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? 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Grey green leaves with silver undersides that turn in the wind, a trunk that gains character early, and evergreen cover year round. It suits Mediterranean planting schemes, clipped screens, courtyard pots and standards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrainage settles everything else. Olives are very drought hardy once established and they take full sun and reflected heat from walls and paving without complaint, but they rot in ground that stays wet, so plant on a mound or in a raised bed if you are on clay. Prune to keep the centre open so light reaches the inner wood, which is where the fruiting growth comes from. Ripe fruit stains, so think twice about a position over a pale path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 5 sizes, from 200mm up to 200L, priced from $31.95 to $1049.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? 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The leaves are narrow and grey green with silvered undersides, held year round, and the whole canopy shifts colour with the wind. Fruit is small and darkens as it ripens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 90lt this is an advanced tree meant for immediate effect, whether as a row along a driveway, a clipped standard in a courtyard, or the anchor of a dry Mediterranean planting. Full sun, genuinely free draining soil, and very little water once established.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo practical points. Dropped fruit stains paving, so keep it off formal hardstand or plan to sweep. And olives self seed into bushland in parts of South Australia and New South Wales, so check local rules before planting near reserves. Flat $99 delivery to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA, minimum order $399.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 90L, at $539.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"90L","offer_id":64311497490801,"sku":null,"price":539.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/OHSjJ-yAleMzVEQyp3zPu_0kZgvGbY.jpg?v=1787630065"},{"product_id":"olive-olea-kalamata","title":"Olive - Olea Kalamata","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fruit is the reason to grow this one. Kalamata is a Greek table cultivar with large, tapered, almond-shaped olives that darken to purple-black, and it is a curing olive rather than a pressing olive, so plan on brine buckets rather than a press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrops improve with a second variety nearby for cross pollination, and flower set depends on a genuinely cold winter, which is why the same tree fruits well in central Victoria and sulks in a warm coastal garden further north. Growth is slow to moderate and it accepts hard pruning without complaint, so it works as a clipped screen or a silver-grey feature just as well as an orchard tree. Full sun, and once the roots are down it asks for very little water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo warnings. Dropped fruit stains paving, so keep it away from the entertaining area. And in parts of South Australia and Victoria feral olives are a recognised weed problem, so collect windfalls in bush-adjacent gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 5L, at $40.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? 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The tree is moderately vigorous with a spreading, open frame and the usual grey-green foliage that flips silver in wind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt will set a reasonable crop on its own, but fruit set improves noticeably with a second variety nearby flowering at the same time. Full sun, freely draining soil and restraint with water and fertiliser are all it asks, because olives fruit poorly when they are pampered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the east coast the pest to watch is olive lace bug, which mottles and drops leaves from the inside of the canopy outward, so check leaf undersides in spring. In parts of South Australia and Victoria self-sown olives are a recognised environmental weed, so pick up fallen fruit. This is a 90 litre tree, sent on our flat $99 delivery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 90L, at $539.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"90L","offer_id":64311501455729,"sku":null,"price":539.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/lIyX-yNZ3UV-087ZKloC6_TC7YZj9Y.jpg?v=1787630135"},{"product_id":"olive-olea-correggiolo","title":"Olive - Olea Correggiolo","description":"\u003cp\u003eCorreggiolo is a Tuscan oil cultivar, grown in central Italy for fruit that is small, ripens to purple-black and presses to a peppery, green-tasting oil. Yields are modest next to table cultivars and the fruit is not really worth brining, so treat it as an oil tree or, just as often in Australian gardens, as a grey-leaved evergreen in its own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFoliage is narrow and grey-green with a silvered underside that flickers in wind. The habit is upright while young, spreading and gnarled with age. Full sun is essential, and once the roots are down it needs very little water. Growth is slow to moderate, which suits clipped shapes, pots and formal avenues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlant well clear of paving and pool surrounds, since dropped fruit stains badly.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOlive lace bug causes mottled, bleached leaves in humid districts; check leaf undersides in spring.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFruit set improves with a second olive cultivar nearby.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eSold at 90lt. 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