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Hi Carl,
I have one olive and it was a seedling from a friend's gigantic root over rock olive.... I collected a bunch of seedlings but only one survived. It is doing well now. I too love tropicals. Have you ever worked with any of the malpigghias? They have beautiful small pink flowers that look like miniature orchids and they get small red berries on them....really stunning. I keep two varieties....coccigera (sp?) or Singapore Holly (VERY PRICKLY) and Barbados Cherry. They are so easy to start from cuttings and get a wonderful woody trunk on them.

21-Dec-2007	#10
susieq Intermediate Join Date: Jun-2002 Location: Hudson, FL Country: USA Posts: 435	black olive Hi Carl, I have one olive and it was a seedling from a friend's gigantic root over rock olive.... I collected a bunch of seedlings but only one survived. It is doing well now. I too love tropicals. Have you ever worked with any of the malpigghias? They have beautiful small pink flowers that look like miniature orchids and they get small red berries on them....really stunning. I keep two varieties....coccigera (sp?) or Singapore Holly (VERY PRICKLY) and Barbados Cherry. They are so easy to start from cuttings and get a wonderful woody trunk on them.