{"product_id":"olive-olea-europaea-pendolino","title":"Pendolino Olive - Olea europaea ‘Pendolino’","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\u003ePendolino Olive - Olea europaea ‘Pendolino’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Pendolino’ takes its name from its pendulous habit: slender branches that arch and hang, giving the tree a distinctly weeping outline that sets it apart from the stiffer commercial olives. \u003cem\u003eOlea europaea\u003c\/em\u003e ‘Pendolino’ is grown across Australian groves less for its own crop of small fruit and more for its value as a near-universal pollinator, since it flowers abundantly and is compatible with most other varieties. In the garden that same weeping frame makes it the most ornamental of the common olives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Pendolino Olive\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeeping form\u003c\/strong\u003e: Long, fine, arching branches create a soft, cascading canopy unusual in olives.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUniversal pollinator\u003c\/strong\u003e: Flowers heavily and pollinates a wide range of olive varieties, including the self-sterile ones.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrnamental value\u003c\/strong\u003e: The habit and fine silver foliage make it a legitimate feature tree, not just a grove workhorse.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFine oil\u003c\/strong\u003e: Small fruit produces a delicate, fruity oil, though yields are lower than the dedicated oil varieties.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDrought hardiness\u003c\/strong\u003e: Once established it needs little more than natural rainfall across southern Australia.\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\u003eGrove pollinator\u003c\/strong\u003e: Planted at intervals through a grove to lift fruit set in Leccino and other self-sterile varieties.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrnamental specimen\u003c\/strong\u003e: Set on a lawn or in a gravel courtyard where the weeping canopy is the point.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoolside and terrace planting\u003c\/strong\u003e: Its soft form and low water need suit dry paved areas.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMediterranean garden\u003c\/strong\u003e: Combined with rosemary, lavender and gravel mulch in a low water planting scheme.\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 5 to 6m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Autumn and spring across southern Australia\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Free draining soils of low to moderate fertility, tolerant of rocky and alkaline ground. Waterlogging is the one condition it will not survive\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water deeply weekly for the first two summers, then only during extended dry periods. Mulch to 75mm clear of the trunk, remove suckers from the base, and prune only lightly, since heavy pruning spoils the weeping outline that gives this variety its character.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4 to 6m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4 to 5m\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 Mediterranean basin, this variety from Tuscany in central Italy\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cream, insignificant\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":59795373555998,"sku":"ND-1288-400MM","price":800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/4Cu24gvCyUfg8UwD25W12_w4CVxoxd.jpg?v=1787314519","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/olive-olea-europaea-pendolino","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}