My Olive tree has lost its leaves...

[WindUpBird]

...will it survive?

I hope so, I've had it over 2 years, repotted it last year and it thrived, repotted it this year and it has flowered then lost its leaves. What can I do to make it better??

don't overwater it and don't fuss over it - they are tough plants happy in scorching Mediterranean sun in poor soil. we are often too nice to them over here, they can't stand it. They need Me-time.

Thanks for the post...that's exactly how I was looking after it. It thrived on neglect last year. I suspect DH has been 'nurturing' the poor tree by feeding it juice from the wormery :-(. I hope it can be saved!

ours was quite neglected and lost most of its leaves. Weekly watering and then a quick blast of plant food brought it back to life though. Thriving now.. ...even has little olives on it..

Ooooh, good. I'm hoping mine will revive too, thanks!

Do you all have yours in pots? We have a large one in the garden (about 6.5 feet) and it is thriving, absolutely covered in small olive, don't do a thing to it, apart from pruned it down in the spring.

this thread is reassuring! My mum bought dh a little olive tree at christmas, so of course it has fallen to me to look after it It's in a pot in the conservatory, I've watered it occasionally but now all the leaves have gone crispy and look as if they are about to fall off.
I even dreamed about dead olive trees last night, so it must be preying on my mind

ComeoVeneer, your olive must cope ok with a british winter. Are you North or South?

We are down south in Surrey. We inherited it when we moved here in January, it is planted in the garden not in a pot, but as I said it is a good 6 - 7 feet tall, so clearly well established. We never water it, and it has hundreds of tiny olives beginning to grow (wether they will amount to anything useful Ihave no idea).

Envious of your huge olive tree, if mine revives I'd love to plant it in the ground in a future garden...I can see some really tiny buds on some of the branches so I'm hoping it's a hardy soul.