AURORA, Ore. — An experimental planting of olive trees will draw particular interest from researchers at Oregon State University when it bears fruit this year — both literally and figuratively. Though ...

California’s Central Valley and Central Coast produce 99% of the olives grown in the United States. The olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae, first discovered in California in the Los Angeles area in ...

Olives need to grow to full size before harvesting. Tend this Mediterranean staple at home, even in cold temperatures. You can start growing olive trees in pots any time and pruning olive trees in ...

While the olive may or may not be the choice of garnish for your cocktail (for James Bond it certainly wasn’t), this fruit has established itself in multiple civilizations since time immemorial. And ...

DALLAS, Ore. — Big ideas can grow on small nurseries. Bryan Brown and Barbara Porter’s Oregon Olive Trees, situated on less than 20 acres, is home to two unique crops: cold-tolerant olive trees and ...

A new study has unraveled the earliest evidence for domestication of a fruit tree, researchers report. The researchers analyzed remnants of charcoal from the Chalcolithic site of Tel Zaf in the Jordan ...

Q: I have an Arbequina olive tree in a 10-inch pot that I got about nine months ago that is about 6 feet tall. It has two trunks that are about equal in height and diameter (maybe one-half-inch thick) ...

Q: I am interested in getting an olive tree to grow indoors. I have 10-foot ceilings and a very bright space with extremely large windows and eastern exposure. I think olive trees are beautiful and I ...

Indoor gardening is no longer confined to just decorative plants and herbs. There is an increasing trend nowadays of cultivating miniaturized fruit-bearing trees in apartments, balconies, and even ...