OLEA europaea

A slow-growing, evergreen tree with smallish, lanceolate, greyish-green leaves which are a silvery light-grey on their undersides. In summer it produces panicles of fragrant, white flowers followed by green-to-purple, egg-shaped fruit whose size depends on the variety in question. It is used for the production of oil and is particularly decorative and longlived.

• Description: A slow-growing, evergreen tree with smallish, lanceolate, greyish-green leaves which are a silvery light-grey on their undersides. In summer it produces panicles of fragrant, white flowers followed by green-to-purple, egg-shaped fruit whose size depends on the variety in question. It is used for the production of oil and is particularly decorative and longlived.
• Origin: Mediterranean Europe
• Classification: OLEA, Genus, OLEACEAE, Family
• Climatic resistance: Medium, -5°C / -10°C USDA 8
• Environmental resistance: Resistant to dry soils
• Max height: 08,00, –, 10,00, meters
• Use: Small gardens, Parks
• Available shapes: natural, 3 superposed balls, Ball, Bonsai, Gnarled trunks, Half standard, Half standard ball, Half standard Espalier, Pompons, Quarter standard, Specimen, Spiral, Standard, Umbrella shape, multistem