{"product_id":"olive-olea-europaea-manzanillo","title":"Manzanillo Olive - 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 - Olea europaea ‘Manzanillo’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Manzanillo’ is the classic Spanish table olive and the most widely planted commercial variety in Australia, valued for large, rounded, thin-skinned fruit and heavy reliable crops. As a tree, \u003cem\u003eOlea europaea\u003c\/em\u003e ‘Manzanillo’ has a lower, more spreading and open habit than upright varieties like ‘Frantoio’, which makes it easier to pick and gives a broader, more gnarled silhouette in the garden. It is a genuine dry-climate tree, at home in the Mediterranean conditions of southern Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Manzanillo Olive\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFruit Quality\u003c\/strong\u003e: Large, plump, rounded fruit with a high flesh-to-stone ratio, the standard for green and black table olives.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpreading Frame\u003c\/strong\u003e: A naturally lower, wider habit that develops a broad picturesque canopy and keeps fruit within reach.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDrought and Heat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Deep rooted and grey leaved, it holds condition through hot dry summers with minimal water.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSilver Foliage\u003c\/strong\u003e: The grey-green upper leaf and silver underside shimmer in wind and lighten dark garden corners.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLong Life\u003c\/strong\u003e: Olives are extremely long lived and improve in character as the trunk gnarls with age.\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 or informal groups on a dry sunny slope for both fruit and Mediterranean character.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCourtyard Specimen\u003c\/strong\u003e: A single multi-branched tree in gravel or paving is a mainstay of Mediterranean and modern design.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDriveway Avenue\u003c\/strong\u003e: Evenly spaced trees give year-round silver structure without heavy leaf drop.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWindbreak in Dry Country\u003c\/strong\u003e: Tough enough to shelter a kitchen garden or house yard in low-rainfall districts.\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\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 6 to 8m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Autumn or spring, avoiding hard frost periods and midsummer heat\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Free-draining soil is essential; olives tolerate poor, rocky and alkaline ground but will decline in heavy soil that stays wet\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water deeply every week or two through the first two summers, then only during flowering and fruit set in dry years. 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