How fast do Swan Hill Olives® grow?
The growth rate of the non-fruiting Swan Hill Olive® is considered to be “moderate” as compared to the designation of “slow” growing typical used to describe the growth of fruiting European Olive varieties. Fruit production in the common European Olive requires a great deal of nutrients over the 6 month fruit bearing season. The nutrients and energy diverted to fruit production comes at the expense of vegetative growth (leaves, limbs, roots, etc.). The absence of fruit production in the Swan Hill Olive® means the tree can use all of the nutrients, energy and water for upward and outward vegetative growth all year, every year. It is not unusual to see an average growth rate of two feet plus per year under ideal conditions within for the first 10 years following planting. Carefully pruned multiple trunk Swan Hill Olives® usually reach a mature height of 30 feet by 20-30 feet wide. Under ideal conditions they can easily grow to 35 foot tall by 30 wide in 10-15 years following planting (de
