Cultivar Profile
Picual Olive Tree
Olea europaea ‘Picual’
Cultivar Profile
Picual Olive Tree
Olea europaea ‘Picual’
An early producer with high, constant yields. This rustic cultivar adapts to diverse environmental conditions with moderate cold tolerance.
Picual reacts well to regenerative pruning because of its capacity to sprout new growth. It’s an oil cultivar of a very high yield (23-28%). And its maturation is early (November-December). Picual is the favorite oil cultivar in Spain.
Specifications
Fruiting
Fruiting
Beautiful Waterwise Fruiting Specimen
Olive Oil
Sweet
High oil content and production, ripe when black. Medium size drupe in elliptical shape, with a pointed oblique tip. The oil is very good quality.
Bloom
Summer
Inconspicuous, white flowers; prized for evergreen foliage and its fall fruit.
Country
Spain
Type
Tree
Foliage
Small green leathery leaves with silvery undersides
Growth
Vigorous
Size
Has an open shape and branches in a square rectangular pattern for expansive canopy. The small branches have leaves at close spacing that are elliptical-lanceolate in shape.
Uses
Landscape and Commercial Use
Coastal Exposure, Container, Kitchen Garden, Mass Planting (high density), Specimen, Topiary
Zones
USDA 8 – 11, Sunset 3 – 24, 29, 30, 33
Hardiness
Hardy down 15°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 most average, slightly alkaline, well-drained soils, but it is highly adaptable. More productive when planted near another olive variety, such as Manzanilla, Uovo di Piccione or Gordal Sevillana. Hardy down to 15 degrees. Often takes 5-6 years to produce good crops. Water deeply, regularly during first few growing seasons to establish an extensive root system. Once established, reduce frequency; tolerates drought. Shelter young plants from winter extremes.
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