On 2014-06-29 20:26:15 +0000, David Hill said:

On 29/06/2014 21:02, David Hill wrote:
On 29/06/2014 18:52, sacha wrote:
On 2014-06-29 16:37:53 +0000, David Hill said:

On 29/06/2014 17:21, Sacha wrote:
On 2014-06-29 15:51:06 +0000, David Hill said:

On 29/06/2014 16:30, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 15:57:51 +0100, Sacha

wrote:

I don't know if this pic is good enough but does anyone know which
type
of olive this is? All we know is it's an olive!
http://i59.tinypic.com/eg6l4.jpg

It looks like the usual Olea europaea to me.

Steve



see http://www.bigplantnursery.co.uk/olive_cultivars.html

There are a couple of dwarf varieties as well that I have come across

We have - or had - the 'usual' ones. This isn't it. It could be a dwarf
- bit early to tell. It's around 4' now.
That's to big for the dwarf ones.
What makes it different?

The leaf. Ray says he's had it for several years and that it was given
to him as an unusual olive. I'm suspicious that it's an olive but what
do I know?! Here's a closer pic of the leaf. It's a bit myrtle like
but the overall growth is nothing like a myrtle.
http://i57.tinypic.com/25qrm2t.jpg


As you know, if it were a Myrtle then you would get a scent from a
crushed leaf.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...psf880a043.jpg


Just about all the named fruiting varieties of Olive are grafted on to
wild Olea europaea rootstock, which has a much smaller leaf, and that is
what I would say you have there, a wild olive.
David @ a dry side of Swansea Bay

Follow-up
Found this picture of olive rootstock
http://edible.wdfiles.com/local--res...jpg/medium.jpg

But then came across this
http://www.ngkenya.com/flora/olea_capensis.html
I didn't know there was an African olive, but it could tie in with your
being told it is unusual.
David

The first is very similar, both in the leaf and the growth habit. The
second is alike in the leaf shape but ours have more glossy leaves.
Thanks so much, David. I'll see what Ray thinks tomorrow. He's drifting
off to Nod right now! As often happens, I think someone has been
abroad on holiday and brought him back a plant or some cuttings.

--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk