Hi Viv,
I think the forum must create some form of telepathy , because we took our olive tree out of the conservatory on Sunday,and put it back in the garden. As we were doing it Helen and I were talking about other members olive trees and wondering how they had survived the winter. Ours had lost a few leaves but looked reasonably OK. I am interested to see if the trees that were left outside for the winter have survived OK.
BTW ( Telepathy, from the Greek τελε, tele meaning "distant" and πάθεια, patheia meaning "to be affected by")
I was looking at the tree this morning and thought that it looked a bit lonely, so I think another olive tree will have to be bought to keep it company. We can then buy additional lemons from Perdita (San Stef) to put on it. Maybe a little Olive Grove could evolve and that could be fun, eh Eileen? I love my little Greek corner.
The garden centres seem to have increased their stocks of olive trees over the last few years, so they must be becoming more popular. Some of the very large ones are about £1000. I wonder who buys those?