Growing Olive Trees (Olea europaea)  

Did you know that for Valentines Day Angelina Jolie bought Brad Pitt a 200 year old olive tree ...

Mature olive trees are often available for sale when groves are being cleared and replanted with higher yielding varieties in their native countries. Selling these trees saves them from destruction and gives them a whole new life.

Good suppliers include:

www.villaggioverde.co.uk who won a medal for their show garden at the RHS Malvern Spring Show.  If you missed the chance to visit them at the show why not view the stock on their website. They currently have over 2000 trees for sale which they can arrange to have delivered throughout the UK.

An Order of Olive Trees Leaving Villaggio Verde

www.bigplantnursery.co.uk as their web site says trees like this are ‘more works of art than trees’.

Another supplier www.olivegrovenurseries.co.uk offers both traditional olive trees and these highly ornamental cloud pruned trees. Excellent if you want something a little different.  They also stock 'pom pom' trees.

For younger trees you are likely to find a reasonable range at most good garden centres - although both the above suppliers also sell young trees too. Olive trees make great presents too - or alternatively you could adopt one!