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If you live locally, then maybe you would like to visit my plant shop at Busy Lizzie's Craft & Plant Shop in Newton
Poppleford where my plants are available for sale. The shop is easy to find; if you are coming from Exeter, follow the A3052 for Sidmouth and
we are exactly 1 mile past The Half Way House Inn on the left. We share the same site as Poppleford's Restaurant. If you
are arriving from the Sidmouth direction on the A3052, go through the village of Newton Poppleford and turn right towards Exeter
at the mini roundabout. If you are coming from Budleigh, turn left at the mini roundabout. We are exactly 1 mile up the
hill from the mini roundabout in the village. To find Newton Poppleford, click here.
£9.95 Olea europaea 'Cipressino' 30-45cm tall bush .
This tough, strong-growing variety of Europaean Olive is widely used by commercial olive growers for its fruit and oil.
It has narrow green leaves and an upright habit and needs another olive nearby for good pollination. Flowers appear in late spring
or early summer followed by small fruits which ripen to black in milder districts, with a 15% oil content.
Plus postage & packing.
If you would like a free gift card attached to your tree, please quote the required message in your order.
Please allow 7 days for delivery.
£15 European olive tree cultivar 45-60cm tall bush (small leaved variety).
Plus postage & packing.
If you would like a free gift card attached to your tree, please quote the required message in your order.
Please allow 7 days for delivery.
£15 European olive tree cultivar 35cm bush
Plus postage & packing.
If you would like a free gift card attached to your tree, please quote the required message in your order.
Please allow 7 days for delivery.
£20 European olive tree cultivar 45cm bush
Plus postage & packing.
If you would like a free gift card attached to your tree, please quote the required message in your order.
Please allow 7 days for delivery.
£25 European olive tree cultivar 35cm bush on short stem
Plus for postage & packing.
If you would like a free gift card attached to your tree, please quote the required message in your order.
Please allow 7 days for delivery.
£30 Olea europaea 'Arbequina' 60-90cm stem
This frost-hardy variety is the major olive of Catalonia in Northern Spain where winters can be very similar to England.
It is a relatively small tree and adapts well to different soil types. It is self-fertile and bears fruit at a young age. The small fruits
can yield 20-22% of oil by weight producing a high quality oil with a fruity flavour. Flowers appear in the late spring, early
summer. Plant in a sunny, sheltered and well-drained position.
Plus postage & packing.
If you would like a free gift card attached to your tree, please quote the required message in your order.
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£30 Olea europaea 'Hojiblanca' 90-120cm stem
This is a classic and very attractive variety of olive with dark green leaves, silvery beneath and a slightly weeping
habit. It is a tough tree and widely grown commercially for its oil. The medium-sized fruits can yield 17% of oil by weight
and producing a smooth, aromatic oil with a sweet aftertaste. The flowers appear in the late spring, early summer and will
ripen in a good summer. Plant in a sunny, sheltered and well-drained position.
Plus postage & packing.
If you would like a free gift card attached to your tree, please quote the required message in your order.
Please allow 7 days for delivery.
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£30 Olea europaea 'Picual' 90-120cm stem
A hardy variety which is tolerant of the cold, salty air and moist soil, making it an ideal variety to trial in the U.K. It is
widely grown commercially in Andalucia, Spain where it is comes into production at a young age and is expected to yield 26%
of oil by weight. The oil is highly stable and of good quality. It is a tree of medium vigour and is self-fertile. The flowers appear
in the late spring, early summer and the fruit have a distinctive 'point' to their tips which will ripen in a good summer. O. europaea
'Picual' is regarded as a mid to late season ripening variety. Plant in a sunny, sheltered and well-drained position.
Plus postage & packing.
If you would like a free gift card attached to your tree, please quote the required message in your order.
Please allow 7 days for delivery.
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£45 European olive tree cultivar 35cm bush on medium stem
Plus postage & packing.
If you would like a free gift card attached to your tree, please quote the required message in your order.
Please allow 7 days for delivery.
In addition, I have been growing a variety of European Olive, Olea europaea 'Peace', outdoors in Britain since the 1990's and can now offer young trees by post. These trees are suitable for growing outside in the UK and are growing throughout the UK. For background information and care instructions, please click here.
This variety grows vigorously and is suitable for growing in the ground or in a container. You will find that it behaves quite differently depending on which you choose. In the ground, like most plants, it will grow faster and produce a small to medium-sized tree in ten years. In a pot, its growth will be contained and can be easily kept to a three or four foot bush at ten years old.
I often see flowers and occassional fruit on plants as young as a year old. Whether the fruits will ripen depends very much on how good the season turns out to be. On the Mediterraean, it takes ten months for the fruit to ripen, in Britain it will take longer. Incidentally, the oldest olive tree in the UK is the one growing at the Chelsea Physic Garden in London which is now nearly 100 years old and produces fruit in good summers.
To order a tree please use the Pay Pal facility below or send a cheque or Postal Order payable to Caradoc Doy.
All trees come with full care instructions.
£12.50 Peace Olive Tree
Plus postage & packing.
If you would like a free gift card attached to your tree, please quote the required message in your order.
Please allow 7 days for delivery.
Train, John.
The Olive; Tree of Civilisation
Scala Books, 2004, ISBN: 1851494731, New Hardback with laminated cover. Size; 7¾" x 9¾", 96 pages.
This lovely book is beautifully illustrated throughout with superb colour photographs.
£14.99
Plus postage & packing.
Olive Card, Single card with envelope.
© Rosemary Lindsay.
15 x 10½cm celophane wrapped, inc. envelope.
£1.00
Plus postage & packing.
Olive Cards, Pack of 8 with envelopes.
© Rosemary Lindsay.
15 x 10½cm celophane wrapped, inc. envelopes.
£5.00
Plus postage & packing.
Trees are carefully packed and sent by carrier or first class post for fast delivery. A delivery service is available for local orders charged at cost (£1 per mile) from Topsham. (So, if the delivery is 10 miles from Topsham, the total delivery cost will be £10).
Should you require a mixture of tree sizes and prices, please give me a call and ask for a special quote.
Please note that these trees are currently only despatched within the UK.
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Free postage and packing on all orders of £95.00 or more.
Please note that ALL plants are only despatched within the UK.
High quality olive feed as used by professional olive farms.
This liquid feed has not only the major nutrients (N:P:K:) which are essential for plant growth, but
unlike most of the feeds available for amateurs, it also contains a wide range of minor nutrients which are
also essential for healthy plant growth, particularly fruiting evergreens, such as olives. In addition, this liquid
fertiliser includes important trace elements and seaweed extract to maintain healthy plants and to help speed
up the berry ripening process. This aid is particularly important in temperate climates, such as the U.K. due to
the reduced amount of summer sunlight. Dilute 1:100 and use every 2-3 weeks throughout the growing season
(spring to autumn). Also suitable as a general fertilizer for other plants and shrubs.
Olive Feed 100ml
£1.95
Olive Feed 500ml
£4.95
Olive Feed 1 litre
£7.95
Information on olive trees for sale and general information on growing olives in the U.K.
I have been growing a variety of European olive outdoors in Britain since the 1990's known as The Peace Olive, Olea europaea 'Peace' and can now offer young trees
for sale by post. These are suitable for growing outside in the UK and for a next few years, will be part of the BBC Gardeners' Question Time trials.
Pax vobiscum
Peace be with You
Please note that ALL plants are only despatched within the UK.
As olives are full of antioxidants, there are a number of medicinal uses from the olive tree and in James Wong's BBC TV Series, Grow Your Own Drugs, he gives instructions for an Olive Fask Mask Recipe.
For general information on growing olives trees, please click here.
For details on The Olive talk, please click here.
Olea europaea 'Peace'
Initiated by Mr. Douglas Lang Stevenson
Christenings
Christmas
Easter
Birthdays
Friendship
Weddings
Remembrance
It can be difficult to know how to help those suffering a bereavement. Often, a plant is chosen as a memorial and an olive tree is a good choice. Choose a message of sympathy when ordering and I will gladly add this to the tree when being packed.
An olive branch is an internationally recognised symbol of peace.
"The olive tree is surely the richest gift of heaven"
Thomas Jefferson
An interesting initiave is Peace Oil which is produced in Israel by Jews, Arabs, Druze and Bedouin working together. The award-winning extra virgin olive oil produced is being sold to encourage co-operation between communities. Profits from Peace Oil are being used to support peace and reconciliation work in the Middle East.
For more information go to Peace Oil.
PLEASE NOTE
Currently, I can only send my olive trees by post within the United Kingdom.
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