Cold Weather Olive Tree?

15 years ago

Anyone know of an Olive Tree that would be cold tolerant, Zone 5? I'm trying to go a bit exotic in our yard. I found some cool northern pecan trees, just curious if there's such a thing for olives. Couldn't find much on the net.

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
15 years ago
'olive tree' is a bit generic ... there are all kinds..

any chance you have the latin name available ...

if not... a pic of the leaves.. the trunk .. and the over all tree .. MIGHT get you an ID either here or at the NAME THAT PLANT FORUM ....

ken
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
15 years ago
I'm not sure how generic "olive tree" is - if the OP is interested in a fruiting olive, there is only one species, Olea europea. Lots of cultivars, however :-) Black, green, brown, etc. But unfortunately they share a pretty uniform hardiness range. They are uniformly listed as at least a zone 8 plant (often higher), however olives do grow in some various zone 7 environments in my area but I suspect specific microclimates to account for that phenomenon. And it takes a much hotter summer than we can manage in a PNW zone 8 climate to get them to fruit.

If interested in growing in cold zones, I'd suggest as a houseplant. There is a non-fruiting dwarf cultivar that is pretty widely available called 'Little Ollie'
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noki
15 years ago
Such common as dirt trees like Forsythia and Lilacs are part of the huge Olive family, but Olive trees themselves seem way out of your zone.

Plant a Gingko instead.

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Cold Weather Olive Tree?

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5

gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)

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