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Olive
DROUGHT: ✺✺✺✺
RECOMMENDATION: ★★★★
HEIGHT: 20' - 40'
SPREAD: 20' - 40'
FORM: Round Head
GROWTH RATE: Slow - Moderate
CHARACTER: Evergreen, Woody
LEAF: Color Gray Green
Texture Medium Density Medium
FLOWER: Color White
Time Spring
FRUIT: Color Green to Purple
Time Summer; edible after treatment
LANDSCAPE VALUE: Accent X Background Barrier Border X Bonsai X Climber
Container X Erosion Control Espalier Fall Color Fire Retardant Foreground
Foundation Flowers Fruit X Ground Cover Hedges Lawn Substitute Lawn Tree
Low Maintenance Mass X Multi-Trunk X Poolside Rockery X Rapid Growth
Screen Shade Standard Street Tree X Topiary X Tropical Effect Xeriscape X
Windbreak Other Spanish Theme
ENVIRONMENT: Sun X 1/2 Shade X Shade Wind X Heat X Dust X Aridity X
Moisture Humidity Smog Saline X Alkaline Soil Coastal Other
Temperature Tolerance 15 o F
CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Fruit can be prevented by using chemical sprays or the flowers can be sprayed off with a high pressure water nozzle.
PESTS AND DISEASES: aphids, scale, olive knot
REMARKS: Fruit can stain sidewalks and driveways. Backlighting, downlighting and up lighting into the tree is very effective.
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