Olive tree

🌳 Olea europaea – Olive Tree
 📏 Height: 5–10 m (can exceed 15 m)
 🌿 Crown: broad, irregular, evergreen
 🪵 Trunk: twisted, woody, very decorative with age
 🌍 Origin
 🌐 Mediterranean area (Europe, Western Asia, North Africa)
 🏛️ Cultivated for millennia for oil, wood and ornamental value
 📍 Ideal for
 🏡 Gardens, parks, large vases, historic borders
 🌞 Requires sunny exposure and warm climate
 🌸 Flowering and fruit
 📅 Flowering: late spring | 🌼 Small, white flowers
 🫒 Fruit: olive (green → black), table or oil-producing
 💧 Environmental resistance
 🌵 Drought: Very high
 ❄️ Frost: Tolerated up to –10 °C (some varieties)
 🌊 Salinity and wind: well tolerated
 🌱 Soil: preferably calcareous and drained
 🧰 Maintenance and management
 ✂️ Annual pruning for shape and production
 🛠️ Low maintenance in poor soils

 🌿 Symbol of longevity and peace – lives over 1000 years