Product Description
A faux olive tree with a natural wood trunk and lifelike fruits, sold in metric sizing from 1.5 m to 2.1 m (roughly 4.9 to 6.9 ft). An olive tree brings a settled, Mediterranean read to a room without asking anything of a Canadian window, which is the whole reason this species does so well as an artificial one.
The three sizes — 1.5 m, 1.8 m and 2.1 m — convert to roughly 4.9, 5.9 and 6.9 ft, a slightly shorter top end than several of our other olive trees and well suited to a standard living-room ceiling rather than a double-height space.
The construction centres on the trunk: natural wood, which gives each tree individual grain and character, paired with lifelike fruits along the branches. That puts it in the same family as our other wood-trunk olive trees.
What are the exact dimensions and materials?
| Heights available | 1.5 m (4.9 ft) · 1.8 m (5.9 ft) · 2.1 m (6.9 ft) |
|---|---|
| Foliage material | Not specified |
| Trunk | Natural wood |
| Pot | Not specified |
| Olive/fruit count | Not specified |
| Leaf count | Not specified |
| UV rating | Not specified — best suited to indoor use |
| Placement | Indoor |
| Assembly | Not specified |
Which size should I buy for my room?
| Height | Ceiling it suits | What it does in the room |
|---|---|---|
| 1.5 m (4.9 ft) | 8 ft | A corner filler; the shortest option in this range. |
| 1.8 m (5.9 ft) | 8 ft | The middle option and the closest to a standard-room default. |
| 2.1 m (6.9 ft) | 9 ft and over | The tallest size; wants real air above the canopy. |
Scale for the room: the tree should have clear air above the canopy and enough floor space for the corner to breathe.
Should I buy an artificial olive tree or a real one?
| This tree | Live olive tree indoors in Canada | |
|---|---|---|
| Light required | None | Six to eight hours of direct sun — almost no Canadian interior supplies it |
| Common failure mode | None | Leaf drop within a single winter is the typical result indoors |
| Trunk | Natural wood | Real wood, thickening and silvering with age |
| Cost, year five | Nothing further | Frequently replaced after a failed winter or two |
| Maintenance | A damp cloth occasionally | Watering, feeding, rotation toward the light, pest checks |
Olive is the clearest case in our range for buying artificial. It is a full-sun Mediterranean species, and a Canadian interior does not supply that light for half the year regardless of how good the window is.
What arrives in the box, and what do I have to do to it?
Every tree on this site ships compressed. The branches are folded in against the trunk so the box survives transit, and it will come out of that box looking flatter and thinner than the photographs. Opening it out by hand is not an optional finishing touch — it is the difference between a tree that reads as real and one that reads as a prop. Work from the lowest branches upward, pull each stem away from its neighbour, and give the leaves individual angles rather than a uniform fan.
Olive branches are fine and the leaves small, so this tree is slower to fluff convincingly than a broad-leaf tree of the same height — work the inner branches before the outer ones or the canopy looks hollow from the side. On delivery, inspect the pot and the trunk before you unpack fully, and photograph anything that looks damaged.
Who should not buy this?
- Anyone with direct outdoor sun in mind. This tree is best suited to indoor use; for balconies, porches or sunny outdoor spots, choose a UV-rated model instead.
- Anyone shopping on a published leaf or fruit count. Choose this tree for its scale, trunk and fruit detail rather than a stated density figure.
- Buyers with a genuinely full-sun spot to fill. A live olive rewards that spot in a way nothing artificial can; this tree is for the rooms that don't have it.
Common questions
Is the trunk on this olive tree real wood?
Yes — the trunk is natural wood, mentioned right alongside the lifelike fruit. It is the detail that makes an olive tree convincing at close range, and no two trunks are quite alike.
Why is this listed in metres instead of feet?
The native sizes are 1.5 m, 1.8 m and 2.1 m, and we show the conversions — roughly 4.9, 5.9 and 6.9 ft, rounded to the nearest tenth of a foot — so you can compare against ceiling height in the units most Canadian buyers think in.
Can I put this outside?
Keep this one indoors. Several other olive trees in our range are built for outdoor or covered-outdoor placement; if that is the spot you are furnishing, choose one of those instead.
What size fits a standard living room?
The 1.8 m (5.9 ft) option is the middle size and the closest to a default choice under an 8 ft ceiling. The 1.5 m (4.9 ft) reads more as a corner filler, and the 2.1 m (6.9 ft) wants roughly two feet of clear air above the canopy or it looks crammed rather than impressive. Measure the corner as well as the ceiling.