{"product_id":"olive-olea-europaea-swan-hill","title":"Swan Hill Olive - Olea europaea ‘Swan Hill’","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\u003eSwan Hill Olive - Olea europaea ‘Swan Hill’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Swan Hill’ is the fruitless olive, an Australian selection of \u003cem\u003eOlea europaea\u003c\/em\u003e that flowers only sterile flowers and therefore sets no fruit at all. That single trait is why it dominates commercial and municipal planting: all of the silver grey foliage, gnarled character and drought hardiness of a classic olive, with none of the stained paving, no fruit drop and no self seeding into bushland. It also produces very little viable pollen, which matters in allergy sensitive settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Swan Hill\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNo Fruit\u003c\/strong\u003e: It is genuinely fruitless, so there is no staining of paths, driveways or pool surrounds.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNo Weed Risk\u003c\/strong\u003e: Because it sets no seed, it cannot naturalise the way fruiting olives have in southern Australia.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSilver Grey Canopy\u003c\/strong\u003e: The classic olive foliage colour that anchors Mediterranean and contemporary schemes.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExtreme Drought Tolerance\u003c\/strong\u003e: Established trees survive on rainfall alone across most of southern Australia.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLong Lived and Sculptural\u003c\/strong\u003e: Trunks thicken and gnarl with age, improving the tree over decades.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDriveway Avenue\u003c\/strong\u003e: A repeated line of clean stemmed olives with no fruit to crush underfoot or under tyres.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoolside and Paved Courtyards\u003c\/strong\u003e: The obvious choice where a fruiting olive would stain hard surfaces.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClipped Hedge or Screen\u003c\/strong\u003e: Responds to shearing, forming a dense grey green wall at 2 to 4m.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFeature Specimen\u003c\/strong\u003e: Older trees with heavy trunks work as sculptural focal points in gravel courtyards.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 to 2.5m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 5 to 7m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Autumn and spring, avoiding heavy frost and peak summer\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Free draining soil is essential, tolerates alkaline, rocky and poor ground, will fail in waterlogged clay\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water weekly for the first summer and fortnightly in the second, then reduce to occasional deep soaks only. Avoid rich feeding and heavy mulch against the trunk, and prune in late winter to open the canopy and set the framework you want long term.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6 to 8m, readily 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 with silver undersides\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e Species from the Mediterranean basin, this fruitless form selected in Australia\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cream, sterile, producing no fruit\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":59795283411230,"sku":"ND-1292-400MM","price":800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":59795283443998,"sku":"ND-1292-45L","price":800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70L","offer_id":59795283476766,"sku":"ND-1292-70L","price":1125.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":59795283509534,"sku":"ND-1292-100L","price":1475.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":59795283542302,"sku":"ND-1292-500MM","price":1517.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200L","offer_id":59795283575070,"sku":"ND-1292-200L","price":3475.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/vfiP9gnffEQUXYNXehgKZ_6PZwtJCE.jpg?v=1787312468","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/olive-olea-europaea-swan-hill","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}