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How to Buy Olive Trees
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How to Buy Olive Trees
A Guide for Selecting Olive Trees for Purchase
Olive trees make beautiful additions to any property, whether they’re used to add a striking visual in a garden or planted in an orchard to produce olives for consumption. Use this guide as an aid in making your purchasing decisions for both landscape and commercial olive tree purchasing.
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Landscape Use
Olive Tree Landscape Use
Olive trees can be highly versatile plants for a landscape. They may be planted to flank an entry way, along a loggia or walkway. They’re seen anchoring beautiful patios in the corners, or used as the focal point in the center of a courtyard. They adapt for container use, rock walls, kitchen gardens, hedges, single specimens, and even topiaries.
Landscape Criteria
Having established how your olive tree(s) will be used in the landscape, it’s time to review the conditions under which your tree will be growing. These factors include sunlight, soil, water, fruiting or non-fruiting cultivars, location and growth speed and size.
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Now that you’ve reviewed the many options for choosing the right cultivar(s) for your landscaping project, we recommend a few, final tips to ensure your olive tree purchase is fun and successful:
- Ask for help at your local nursery, describing the criteria you wish to fill for your landscape.
- Inspect your purchase options. Ensure leaves look healthy and not curled, brown or withering. Olive trees aren’t deciduous and remain lush in canopy throughout the year. Any signs of blight, such as brown or black spots, leaf curl or dropped leaves, may indicate poor health.
- For larger specimens, consider enlarging your geographic shopping area. Olive trees are very hardy and transport well. If you don’t find the specimens you are looking for locally, shop online and consider using the seller’s transportation and installation services. Full service olive tree farms, such as Olives Unlimited, are equipped with the necessary, large earth moving equipment to easily transport and install fully mature olive trees up to 30 or 40 feet tall.
- Ask for the seller’s warranty information. Reputable sellers will offer guarantees on the health of the plant as well as on transportation and installation services to further protect your investment.
Want more help on buying an olive tree (or two)? Just contact us. Or, scroll down to read more about buying olive trees for commercial, agricultural purposes.
Commercial Agricultural Use
Olive Tree Commercial Use
Olive trees may be used for commercial, agricultural purposes to harvest olives for consumption or to press into olive oil. Today, there is high demand for healthy products, with olives and olive oil at the top of the demand chart for their rich flavors and extensive health benefits.
Commercial & Agricultural Criteria
Having established how your olive tree(s) will be used for commercial purposes, it’s time to review the conditions under which your trees will be growing. These factors include sunlight, soil, water, location and overall climate conditions.
Food or Olive Oil?
Size & Spacing
Pollinators
Finally, ensure your choice(s) in olive tree varieties takes into consideration your orchard’s geographic climate conditions, soil type and water source. View these criteria in our Landscape criteria options.
Now that you’ve reviewed the many options for choosing the right cultivar(s) for your commercial olive tree project, we recommend a few, final tips to ensure your purchase is successful:
- Ask for help at your local nursery, describing the characteristics you’re looking for. Research the many options available to you to fit your goals. Consult experts who know your geographic area and climate conditions well.
- When selecting your saplings or trees, inspect them carefully: Ensure leaves look healthy and not curled, brown or withering. Olive trees aren’t deciduous and remain lush in canopy throughout the year. Any signs of blight, such as brown or black spots, leaf curl or dropped leaves, may indicate poor health.
- For larger specimens, consider enlarging your geographic shopping area. Olive trees are very hardy and transport well. If you don’t find the specimens you are looking for locally, shop online and consider using the seller’s transportation and installation services. Full service olive tree farms, such as Olives Unlimited, are equipped with the necessary, large earth moving equipment to easily transport and install fully mature olive trees up to 30 or 40 feet tall.
- Ask for the seller’s warranty information. Reputable sellers will offer guarantees on the health of the plant as well as on transportation and installation services to further protect your investment.
Olive trees, in many varieties, have been around for thousands of years (and some have even lived that long!). Choosing the right cultivar, size and shape may feel overwhelming initially. Use this guide to help you narrow down your options and fine tune your composition to best suit your landscape or commercial planting project.
We have been growing, transporting, installing and caring for olive trees, in many varieties, for decades. We’d be happy to help you determine which trees, in what sizes and cultivars may be ideal for your upcoming project. Just call us at 707.933.6327.
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