Olive trees, to me, are an intrinsic part of the character, look and feel of the undulating landscape of the Mediterranean. Alongside grapevines, they’re everywhere in Italy, Spain, France, and ...

Q: I received a 2-year-old olive tree grown in a 15-inch container. The brochure attached advised planting in the ground 15 feet away from building structures. My tree is 5 feet high with a ½-inch ...

A question for Dan Gill: I have a sweet olive bush that was planted about 13 years ago. This bush is near my driveway and parking pad. It is getting large and becoming too high for me to trim back ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. A few years ago at the Carmel farmers market, I bought a couple of ...

Our sweet olive has been in the ground about four years and is about 6 feet tall. We’ve heard these trees can grow to be about 12 to 14 feet tall. I’d like to prune off some of the lower limbs to ...

An olive tree can actually live quite happily with very little pruning. A trim when needed, especially for the Lollipop or Pom Pom variety of olive tree, will do them wonders and keep them looking ...