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| Hello there. I have a young olive tree that I bought from a local nursery; I believe they got it from Schubert Nursery. I have tried contacting Schubert as to the variety of my European Olive Tree, but they only replied by basically telling me that it is an olive tree.
My question is: does anyone know what variety of Olea europaea Schubert Nursery carries? Thank you for your time. |
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| I'd follow up with the nursery (maybe a manager or owner). If they don't know what they have, how would we? |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 8, 12 at 8:01
| there arent many true olives in z4 ... its probably what i call a russian olive ... invasive in some areas .. [google that .. and compare leaves] but the ONLY way to ID it.. is to grow in on... and then get pix of the flower.. the leaves.. and the tree in general .. and it will be ID'd here ... or in the NAME THAT PLANT forum ... i had the same problem.. way back when.. ordering from catalogs that use common names ... the scent on mine is heavenly .. for a week or two in spring ... otherwise its a scraggly bush.. lol .. that blocks my sight line to the neighbors ... ken |
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| The leaves of my tree look very similar to those of a Russian Olive, but this specimen lacks any thorns, which I read Russian Olives have in abundance. I might just have to wait until it flowers for an ID, but I found the website of a laboratory that specializes in olives, analyzing the oil from the olives themselves, etc. Perhaps more importantly, if you ship them some of your fresh leaves, they perform tests on them and can then tell you for certain what kind of tree you have. |
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| Yours doesn't have any thorns because it is little. Surely it is a Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia), which is usually not sold as a cultivar. The olive tree (Olea europaea) is not especially similar and does not have the slightest possibility of surviving the winter outdoors in USDA 4. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 8, 12 at 13:27
| i just noticed the name in the title .. that wasnt mentioned in the post... and look what i found googling.. see link .. they might be the wholesaler that your catalog is selling from ken |
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| Ken: Yes, that is the one I bought from my nursery, the one in the 3" clay pot on the upper left. Labeled as Olea europaea, but I've heard of labels being incorrect before. Like I said, I sent them an e-mail, and they replied that it's a European Olive Tree without saying much else. |
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| Ken wrote: "i just noticed the name in the title .. that wasnt mentioned in the post..." From the OP: "My question is: does anyone know what variety of Olea europaea Schubert Nursery carries?" ---------------------------------------------------------------- I don't understand why anyone is assuming the tree is hardy in zone 4, at this point. Unless I missed it, writer333 hasn't said so. |
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| Maybe Ken isn't into indoor plants as much as he is into outdoor plants? A lot of local garden centers are carrying olives now -- English Gardens, Bordines, and Telly's in the Detroit Metro all have them. Olives are actually a pretty tough and sturdy indoor/outdoor plant. Mine is over a decade old and I basically couldn't kill it except by freezing it. |
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| Later it was stated the tree looked like Russian olive, and was expected to be thorny. |
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| If the OP's plant is the one in the picture on the Schubert website (which s/he says it is) then it certainly looks to be Olea europea ie a true olive. If that is the species then I don't think that the cultivar is really important since you are not really staking your all on fruit production. But maybe you could ask Schubert where they source their olives and then go to that company? The care would be pretty much the same whichever cultivar it is. The pot size is tiny so one thing it will need is a new home pretty soon. |
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| I know several people in the Houseplant Forum who grow Olea species indoors, where they are apparently successful. |
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| Olives are easy to grow. They survive on those hillsides in poor soil, harsh sunlight, little rain, wind, all over Greece, Italy, Spain, Turkey, N. Africa. Be a little rough on them, bright light, not too much water, and they're easy. Go the other way, overwater, too dark, that's when you run into trouble. |
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