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Survives zone 8 through 9
⚠ Raw olives are INEDIBLE until cured/brined. Care: Winter protection — mulch, fleece, or a warm wall.
- Hardiness
- Zone 8 to 9
- Habit
- Tree
- Edible part
- Fruit
- Ripens
- Late Sept–Nov (green → black)
- Mature size
- Evergreen 6–8 m; compact forms good in containers
- Light
- Full sun (obligate for fruiting)
- Soil pH
- 6.5–8.0 (genuinely lime/chalk-tolerant)
- Environment
- Mediterranean
- Status
- Cultivated
- Years to fruit
- 3–5 yrs ('Arbequina' 2–3)
- Pollination
- Partially self-fertile — plant a 2nd cultivar for reliable set. 'Arbequina' is the usual single-plant choice