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Varieties Available;
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Kalamata - edible variety
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Manzanillo- both edible and oil producing variety
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Correggiola - oil producing variety
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Nevadillo - oil producing variety
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Olives are great evergreen trees with attractive silver-grey foliage and grey trunk which becomes gnarled and dark with age. It has a large number of cream-white flowers
Use: The olive tree has been grown for many years as a symbol of peace and happiness. It is grown for its fruits, oil and timber. Its foliage make it a very attractive specimen in containers for courtyard areas.
Care:Olives require full sun, and are tolerant of a wide range of well drained soils, will tolerate a coastal position, drought and light frost. Olives will not tolerate waterlogged soil. Although olives are drought tolerant, there require watering during the flowering period and fruit development. Apply a fertilizer high in nitrogen in autumn and spring.
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