Olea Species, Common Olive, European Olive, Olive Tree

hi,this plant growing well, also in north italy ,(usda 8) classical continental climate, with cold winter, hot summer and humidity.
...Read More no problem with frozen(-10 celsius).heavy snow(pesantly) can broken branch in little plants .removed snow with a broom.The species more resistant of olea. europeae is ' ghiacciola' ( popside-ice lolly) ,need frozen to make fruits. bye, and excuse my english.

i got two Olive Tree here in south sweden , and they thrive here , in winter they get protection , they have seen -15c -13c ( 8,6F 5F ) ...Read Morewith only snow as protection . they drop some of there leafs but they regrowe well and recover well in spring . hardy against snow,hail,frost,storms,drought etc.
give water in summer and they will grow well , frost simulate the plant to blossom well

It appears that these plants are more tender when young and harden to frost with age. We have two trees growing on a south facing slope h...Read Moreere in SW France. We are not in the right area to have a Mediterranean climate, but they have survived a hard frost that cut all the Acacia dealbata to the ground. I don't know the details as this was before we were living here.

We've had one of these growing well in a terracotta pot in our Vancouver, BC (Zone 8) garden for three years. This past winter is survive...Read Mored a week long freeze with temperatures down to -13C. and is now growing well. There is a farm on Pender Island between the BC mainland and Vancouver Island that has a large number of olives but at this point the trees are not mature enough to fruit. The main danger in our climate is exessive winter moisture, but I have read they are hardy to 10F.