Barnea Olive

🫒 Barnea Olive Tree 🫒
A modern, vigorous Israeli olive tree! Bred for high-quality oil production & disease resistance. Ideal for warmer climates. 🌞🌿

🫒 The Modern Marvel: Barnea Olive Tree! 🫒

Ivy Paradise introduces a groundbreaking variety that revolutionized olive cultivation: the Barnea Olive Tree! Developed in Israel for modern farming, this cultivar combines vigorous growth, high disease resistance, and a remarkable ability to thrive in warmer climates while producing a bountiful harvest of excellent oil. It’s the perfect choice for the progressive gardener seeking reliability and quality. 🌿✨

This modern variety is known for its strong, upright growth habit and open canopy, which allows for excellent air circulation and sunlight penetration. Its narrow, willow-like leaves are a distinctive feature. The Barnea produces heavy crops of medium-sized, elongated fruits that are easy to harvest. The oil extracted is light, fruity, and aromatic with a mild peppery finish, highly valued for its quality. Its development marked a significant step forward in adapting olive cultivation to intensive, irrigated orchards.

✨ Why Grow a Barnea Olive Tree? ✨

• 🫒 High-Quality Oil: The primary purpose! Produces a generous yield of olives that yield a premium, light, and flavorful oil with excellent characteristics.

• 💪 Vigorous & Disease Resistant: Bred for resilience, it shows strong resistance to common olive ailments like peacock spot and is more tolerant of verticillium wilt than many traditional varieties.

• 🌞 Adaptable to Warmth: Performs exceptionally well in hot, dry climates and is more forgiving of less-than-ideal winter chill hours, making it a top choice for warmer regions.

• 🤝 Requires a Pollinator: For optimal fruit set, it is recommended to plant it with another variety such as Picual or Manzanillo. This ensures a heavy and reliable crop.

• 🚀 Modern & Efficient: Its growth habit and reliability make it a superb choice for both small-scale home orchards and more intensive planting systems.

Caring for Your Barnea Olive Tree:

• ☀️ Light: Demands Full Sun (8+ hours daily) for maximum productivity and health.

• 💧 Water: More responsive to irrigation than some heirloom varieties. Water deeply and regularly for best yields, though it remains drought-tolerant once established.

• 🌱 Soil: Excellent drainage is critical. Thrives in a variety of well-drained soils.

• ✂️ Pruning: Responds well to pruning to maintain its open structure and encourage new fruiting wood.

• 🌡️ Climate: An excellent choice for regions with hot summers and milder winters, as it has a lower chilling requirement.

Pro Tip: For a balanced oil, harvest when the fruits are a mix of green and purple (veraison). The elongated shape makes them easier to hand-harvest.

Embrace a modern classic designed for performance and flavor.

🏡 Order your Barnea Olive tree for a reliable, high-quality harvest!