Olive trees are ideally suited to hot and dry climates and can be very versatile plants for any backyard. They can grow in beds or borders, and are one of the best trees for small gardens, while they ...

The olive tree occupies such a heroic place in history that it feels trivial, even sacrilegious, to describe it as an ornamental plant. But the slender gray-green leaves could scarcely be lovelier. No ...

Every year I like to try something new in the garden to see if it works or doesn’t work. Last year, for the first time I started seeing lots of olive trees for sale—real edible olives. I asked for one ...