Seeds and Things Olive Tree 10 Seeds - Olea Europaea - Great Houseplant It Is of Major Agricultural Importance in the Mediterranean Region As the Source of Olives and Olive Oil. Makes a Great Bonsai.

Description

The Olea europaea olive tree is an evergreen tree with gray-green leaves, and small white fragrant flowers in the spring which produce a lot of pollen. A young olive tree has smooth gray bark, but as it gets older it gets very gnarled. A mature tree can reach a height of 25 to 30 feet, and live for hundreds of years. Some have even lived to be a thousand years. It is of major agricultural importance in the Mediterranean region as the source of olives and olive oil. Makes a great bonsai.