Cultivar Profile
Majestic Beauty Olive Tree
Olea europaea ‘Monher’
Cultivar Profile
Majestic Beauty Olive Tree
Olea europaea 'Monher'
The Majestic Beauty olive tree is an attractive cultivar, with a refined appearance to the upright, open crown of this superior evergreen patio or garden tree that does not produce messy mature fruit. Its gray-green leaves are narrow and long, giving it an airy appearance. It thrives in hot, dry regions.
This is an elegant but tough tree for the hot, sunny garden. With no fruit to drop, it can be used near walkways, drives or pools, or within the garden without any mess. It's a wonderful addition to a Mediterranean style garden with heat loving cypress, fruit trees, grapevines and roses. Take advantage of its versatility by mixing it with bold-leaved yucca, cordyline, phormium or agave, and a variety of tender succulents of alongside a modern architecture home or office. Majestic Beauty has an upright growth habit and an open, airy canopy that is ideal for parking lots and pedestrian areas.
Specifications
Fruiting
Non Fruiting
Beautiful Non Fruiting Specimen - may produce just a few olives
Olive Oil
None
Bloom
Summer
Inconspicuous, white flowers; prized for dense, evergreen foliage.
Country
U.S.A.
Type
Tree, Single- and Multi-Trunk, Bushy
Foliage
Gray-Green Color
Growth
Slow, Rounded
Size
Can reach 25 to 30 ft. tall if given opportunity, 25 ft. wide dense canopy
Uses
Landscape Use
Coastal Exposure, Container, Mass Planting, Rock Garden, Specimen
Zones
Sunset 3 - 24, 29, 30, 33
Hardiness
Hardy down 20 to 30 °F
Light
Full sun
Water
Once established, water occasionally.
Water more frequently in extreme heat or containers. Newly planted olive trees will require more water to establish.
Soil
Well-drained, nutrient poor soil
Light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils all acceptable. Olive trees prefer well-drained soil and even grow well in nutritionally poor soil. Hot, rocky locations. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils.
Care
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.
Majestic Beauty was discovered by Julian Herman in 1978 in Irvine, CA, and is a cultivar developed by Monrovia.
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