{"product_id":"olive-olea-europaea-frantoio","title":"Frantoio Olive - Olea europaea ‘Frantoio’","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice includes everything:\u003c\/strong\u003e the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFrantoio Olive - Olea europaea ‘Frantoio’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrantoio is the backbone of Tuscan oil production and the reason a great deal of Australian extra virgin oil tastes the way it does. \u003cem\u003eOlea europaea\u003c\/em\u003e ‘Frantoio’ carries a heavy crop of small fruit with high oil content and a peppery, grassy character, on an upright open tree with willowy grey green foliage that catches the light. It is also simply a very good landscape olive: long lived, drought hardy, and happy to be clipped into a formal shape or left to develop a gnarled trunk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Frantoio\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOil Quality\u003c\/strong\u003e: A benchmark oil cultivar, producing fruity peppery extra virgin oil with good yield per tonne of fruit.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSelf Fertility\u003c\/strong\u003e: Sets a useful crop on its own, though yields improve with a second cultivar nearby for cross pollination.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage Movement\u003c\/strong\u003e: Narrow leaves flash silver undersides in the breeze, giving the canopy constant movement.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDrought And Heat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Deep rooted and genuinely low water once established, which suits Adelaide, inland Victoria and the Western Australian wheat belt.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLongevity\u003c\/strong\u003e: Olives are among the longest lived trees in cultivation, and the trunk becomes more characterful every decade.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSiting note\u003c\/strong\u003e: In some districts olive seedlings spread from dropped fruit, so collect windfall in gardens next to bushland.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSmall Grove\u003c\/strong\u003e: Rows on a rural block for household oil production.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMediterranean Courtyard\u003c\/strong\u003e: A single mature specimen underplanted with lavender, rosemary and gravel.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormal Avenue\u003c\/strong\u003e: Clipped to matching rounded heads along a driveway.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCoastal And Exposed Sites\u003c\/strong\u003e: Tolerates salt wind, poor rocky soil and reflected heat.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 4m for a dense row or hedge\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 6 to 8m for full open crowns\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Autumn or spring, avoiding hard frost periods in cold districts\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Free draining above all else. Tolerates poor, rocky, sandy and alkaline soils, but waterlogging causes root rot and rapid decline\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water fortnightly and deeply through the first two summers rather than frequently and lightly, which trains roots downward. Keep mulch coarse and clear of the trunk, prune in late winter to keep the centre open to light, and remove basal suckers as they appear so the tree holds a clean trunk.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6 to 8m unpruned, commonly held at 4 to 5m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4 to 6m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Evergreen, grey green\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Mediterranean basin, with this cultivar of Tuscan origin\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Small cream flowers in spring\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":59795282788638,"sku":"ND-1272-400MM","price":1400.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":59795282821406,"sku":"ND-1272-100L","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":59795282854174,"sku":"ND-1272-500MM","price":1625.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/8XPqnLIDlPPsCEN0PLtDS_jcGoDRsg.jpg?v=1787312577","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/olive-olea-europaea-frantoio","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}