This is a dwarf, non-fruiting evergreen with a graceful, multi-branching habit. Deep green leaves have silvery green undersides. It is attractive to use as a formal hedge or specimen shrub. Excellent in topiary form, or trained as a single trunk tree in smaller spaces. Heat, drought and salt tolerant.

It is a small olive tree with all the Mediterranean look and feel without the size or the fruit! Most often seen in shrub forms, which produce beautiful single plants. Or, line them up into a natural or sheared hedge. These USA cultivars are particularly useful along driveways and street sides where reflected heat from paving and vehicles would wither less heat hardy species.

Trained as patio trees, Little Ollie makes outstanding potted specimens, such as a pair flanking a classical sculpture or an Italian style wall fountain. In the ground, these patio trees are ideal in vine pockets and along walkways where staccato repeats create bold a semi-formal style.

Thrives in average to lean, well-drained soils. Water deeply and regularly during the first growing season to establish an extensive root system. Reduce frequency once established in the landscape; continue to water container plants regularly. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring.Pruning time: winter.

This dwarf fruitless olive was introduced by Monrovia in 1987. The olive was first planted into Southern California by the mission padres and have contributed to the early landscape character of that region. A symbol of peace and prosperity, the olive has a long history in the western world, beginning with the ancient Greeks, who named their city Athens after the goddess Athena gave them the olive tree.

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