In article 1124434590.6724320977a98414420d42bd0b795f84@teran ews,
aaj wrote:

1) We would love to have an Olive tree in the corner of our garden, but I'm
a little worried if it would survive a Northern winter. I have read some
other posts suggesting a southern city might be Ok, but it might struggle in
a Northern location. Although the winters don't seem as bad as they used to
be, we are quite high up (between Bradford and Leeds), and there are spells
of a few days/weeks where it is bitterly cold, especially with the wind
chill factor.

It's a good question. They are a lot hardier than is often believed,
but I don't know what they are sensitive to. A good start is to
ensure that they are in free-draining soil and never get waterlogged,
as few Mediterranean plants like winter wet.

The tree would be protected on two sides by a fence, and in contrast to the
cold it would get winter and summer sun all day from about 10 am.

That it would be happy with :-)

2) Assuming it is possible to grow an olive tree outside, I would like to
grow one from a sappling . We inherited a large green house, so perhaps I
could plant it in a pot and start it in there first. I would like to have a
tree about 10', is this a reasonable size or are they normally bigger.?How
quickly do they grow?

Very reasonable. They aren't very fast growers.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.