{"product_id":"olive-olea-europaea-spanish-queen","title":"Spanish Queen Olive - Olea europaea ‘Spanish Queen’","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\u003eSpanish Queen Olive - Olea europaea ‘Spanish Queen’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Spanish Queen’ is a table olive variety, grown for large fleshy green fruit rather than oil, and it makes a broad, silvery, thoroughly Mediterranean tree in the process. \u003cem\u003eOlea europaea\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the most heat and drought resilient trees available in Australia, holding grey green foliage with silver undersides through summers that flatten softer exotics. Owners choose it when they want a tree that looks handsome year round and produces something worth curing at the end of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Spanish Queen Olive\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge table fruit\u003c\/strong\u003e: Big fleshy green olives with a high flesh to stone ratio, suited to brining rather than pressing.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSilver canopy\u003c\/strong\u003e: The two tone grey green leaf gives a soft shimmering canopy that suits rendered and stone architecture.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeat and drought hardiness\u003c\/strong\u003e: Established trees survive long dry summers and reflected heat with minimal water.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlkaline soil tolerance\u003c\/strong\u003e: Handles limestone influenced and alkaline soils that trouble most fruit trees.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLong life and shapeability\u003c\/strong\u003e: Olives reshoot from old wood, so they can be pruned hard, lifted, or held at a set size for decades.\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\u003eMediterranean courtyard\u003c\/strong\u003e: A single multi branched tree in gravel or paving is the signature planting of the style.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProductive avenue\u003c\/strong\u003e: A row along a driveway gives shade, silver colour and a genuine harvest.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHot exposed frontage\u003c\/strong\u003e: Suits west facing gardens and reflected heat sites where other trees struggle.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge containers\u003c\/strong\u003e: Tolerates root restriction well and can be held at 2 to 3m in a substantial pot.\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 grove or informal screen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 5 to 6m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Autumn or spring; autumn planting suits winter rainfall districts best\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Free draining above all else, from sand to gravelly loam, alkaline or neutral; olives decline quickly in heavy waterlogged clay\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water fortnightly through the first two summers, deeply and infrequently to drive roots down. Mulch away from the trunk, feed in early spring, and plant another olive variety nearby if a heavy crop matters, since large fruited table types set best with cross pollination.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4 to 6m unpruned, easily held at 3 to 4m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 5m\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 Mediterranean basin\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Creamy white, small and lightly fragrant in late spring\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":59795373981982,"sku":"ND-1290-400MM","price":800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/BKuwMH4oGelaN6TCutby0_5UX1gGzB.jpg?v=1787314517","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/olive-olea-europaea-spanish-queen","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}