{"product_id":"olive-olea-europaea-manzanillo-espaliers","title":"Manzanillo Olive (Espalier) - Olea europaea ‘Manzanillo’","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\u003eManzanillo Olive (Espalier) - Olea europaea ‘Manzanillo’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrained flat on a frame, an olive becomes a living wall rather than a tree. ‘Manzanillo’ is a Spanish table olive cultivar with a naturally spreading, willing habit that lends itself to espalier work, and this plant has already been tied and trained into a flat plane over several seasons. In a landscape it solves a specific problem: privacy or greening in a bed only 300 to 400mm deep, using a plant that tolerates heat, drought, reflected light off masonry and the alkaline soils common around new construction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy the Manzanillo Espalier\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlat Profile\u003c\/strong\u003e: The trained plane occupies almost no bed depth, so it works where a normal screening plant will not fit.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage Movement\u003c\/strong\u003e: Grey green above and silver beneath, the leaves flicker constantly in the slightest breeze against a wall.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFruit\u003c\/strong\u003e: Manzanillo is a large fruited table olive, though the fruit needs curing before it is edible.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClimate Hardiness\u003c\/strong\u003e: Handles heat, drought, wind, salt and alkaline soil, all of which are common on exposed built up sites.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTraining Requirement\u003c\/strong\u003e: The form is maintained, not permanent, so expect to tie in and trim two or three times a year.\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\u003eHot Wall Greening\u003c\/strong\u003e: On a north or west facing masonry wall where the reflected heat suits it and little else thrives.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNarrow Bed Privacy\u003c\/strong\u003e: Screens a boundary or a neighbouring window from a bed too shallow for a hedge.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePool Fence Planting\u003c\/strong\u003e: A flat green plane along a pool fence line, adding softness without eating into the paved area.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMediterranean Courtyard\u003c\/strong\u003e: Reads correctly with rendered walls, gravel, rosemary, lavender and terracotta.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 to 2.5m along the frame so the trained arms meet to form a continuous plane.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 3m where each espalier is to be read as a separate panel.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spring and autumn.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Free draining, tolerant of poor and alkaline soils. Waterlogged ground is the one condition olives will not survive.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water weekly through the first two summers, then only in prolonged dry spells. Tie new shoots to the frame while they are still green and flexible, prune out anything growing forward or backward off the plane, and note that dropped fruit stains paving, so sweep beneath it or strip the crop early.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 to 2.5m as a trained espalier. Untrained the cultivar reaches 5 to 8m.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 to 3m along the trained plane\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Evergreen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e The species originates in the Mediterranean basin\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cream, small, in late spring\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"500mm","offer_id":59795335479582,"sku":"ND-1281-500MM","price":2350.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/FNjOMxaqTncHB7-2iFhZU_X6donSFQ.jpg?v=1787313578","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/olive-olea-europaea-manzanillo-espaliers","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}