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Fruitless Olive Tree
Olea europaea 'Monher' Plant Patent No. 5649 or Wilsonii

Fruitless Olive, Olea europaea 'Monher' Plant Patent No. 5649 or Wilsonii

Majestic Beauty 'Monher' Plant Patent No. 5649	Fruitless Olive Olea europaea Wilsonii

Fruitless Olive Tree Elaeagnus angustifolia Olive Family ( Oleaceae ), Fruitless Olive Tree. Also Called: Wilsonii , Majestic BeautyŽ' Fruitless Olive Tree Monher' Plant Patent No. 5649. The Wilsonii fruitless variety of olive was discovered in a grove of Manzanillo olives in 1979. It is a clean, evergreen, tree that does not produce fruit and therefore eliminates the messy fruit drop and possible allergy problems associated with fruit producing varieties. The Wilsonii has a slow to moderate growth rate, and mature specimens of the tree obtain a height of 25 feet and 25 feet in diameter. These beautiful, dusty green trees grow very well in Arizona at lower elevations. "Fruitless" will occasionally fruit, but not in the quantity found in other olive trees. It is thornless, pest free, drought tolerant, and long-lived -- a perfect tree for the lower desert areas of Arizona. Olea europaea "Majestic Beauty", 'Monher' Plant Patent No. 5649 is another variety being offered in Arizona. It is a fruitless olive which has soft gray-green willowlike foliage and a smooth grey trunk which becomes gnarled as it ages. The Majestic Beauty is smaller than the standard olive which normally reaches a height of 20-30 feet and produces no mature fruit. Olive trees require full sun. Height: 25-35 feet tall with equal or slightly less spread. Flowers: Normally no flowers but can have small fragrant, creamy white to yellow and tubular in shape flowers in late spring. They grow in small clusters. Blooming Time: If they bloom in Southern Arizona, March - April. Phoenix Area, April - May. Fruit & Seeds: Green fruit in late summer; turns redish to black as it ripens. Leaves: The leaves are 1 to 3" in length, alternate, simple, silver gray to gray - green. Found: Found throughout most of the USA and Canada. In Northern Arizona; Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties. Elevation: 0 -2,000 Feet. Habitat: Landscaping. Miscellaneous: Photos Taken; .