I have grown them for friend, planted 7or 8and they all are doing well and 5 of them have produced. 1 friend is preserving them and gave me a jar of them last year. I don't like olives but my wife does and she said they were great. Do you know what type? They have chill hours so knowing what type would help to find out if it will get what in needs. Once established they like dry Sandy soil and live for 100s of years.

I grow Mission and Arbequina in Houston z9a. I made it a point to plant in a dry area of my garden. Very low maintenance, they haven’t produced fruit.

Glenn - like I said in my original message, I don't know the type, but I assume it's very cold hardy, because it was sitting out in that pot during our freeze when it went down to 22F for a few hours on 2 separate nights,.

bossyvossy - how long have they been in the ground? I may need to rethink where I want to put it, because it's sort of wet there, but maybe I can amend the soil with some sand or tiny gravel to improve drainage.

Olives are more cold tolerant than you think. Can be grown here very successfully in the PNW although summers are not hot enough here for them to be very fruitful. But they are Mediterranean in origin and conditions that mimic that climate will produce the best results - mild damp winters, hot dry summers and minimal humidity. Fast draining but lean soil.

Sorry DG I missed that. I would get it even if I couldn't plant it. You could always trade it and a lot of people want them.

Glenn, that's a good idea! It would need repotting and a little TLC first, or nobody would want it, but believe it or not, I hadn't even thought about trading it. Well, I have to get it yet. Will get my friend to take me to pick it up next week, work on it, and see what I have.

DG if you devide you don't want it I would LOVE to have it - it would bring me a touch of home. Being Greek I grew up with olive trees everywhere and love olives. Olives and their oil were the top export product of Greece when I was growing up.

See people want them.

Maybe 3-4 YO? Young trees. I picked the dryest, sunniest spot, similar to where I would place a yucca.