Flowering TreesOlive Tree
Olea europaea
Olive Tree (Olea europaea) is a slow-growing flowering tree, hardy in USDA zones 8-10, that matures to about 20-30 ft × 15-25 ft. It does best in full sun with medium water needs in well-drained and moist soil. Expect white blooms in summer. It stands up well to drought, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 8-10
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 20-30 ft × 15-25 ft
- Spacing
- 24-60 feet
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist
- Foliage
- Silver, Green
- Bloom color
- White
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Tough against
- Drought
- Watch out for
- Messy
- Native to
- Mediterranean
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Olive Tree is hardy to about 10°F (estimated from USDA zone 8), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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