Olea europaea 'Fruitless Endeavor'

Small olive tree, the long green leaves and a size suitable to the small, sunny and dry garden or as a low, evergreen hedge. This was given to us as cuttings from a many-year-old seedling with blue-green weeping foliage on a plant to only 4' tall. To only 4-6' tall in five years with a rounded form, easily trimmed to shape. Grown only for their ornamental value, they do best in full sun and well-drained soil with very little summer water once established. Can also be grown indoors in a sunny location in a pot that drains well and regular summer water with a bit of drying allowed and less frequent water in winter. Frost hardy in the ground to 10 °F, USDA zone 8. Though shared with us and propagated under the name O. europaea 'Fruitless Dwarf', we have given it what we hope is a more interesting moniker.