No, Olives are not edible for humans. Animal and birds yes.Originally Posted by rbeau30
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No, Olives are not edible for humans. Animal and birds yes.
No, not really palatable. The fragrant flowers and berries will be sticky with sugars in spring which attracts native bees, and which in turn may pollinate your other fruit trees.
DSB, you were right to point out that Russian Olive has been deemed noxious, and I'm all for removing truly noxious weeds. But I think the campaign to eradicate Russian Olive is misguided, often by young foresters looking for a project and a cause. Russian Olive is often lumped with Tamarisk which is highly invasive along western rivers and lowland waterways. Tamarisk have few redeeming qualities and little wildlife value compared to the damage they do to riparian habitats. Tams choke out native cottonwoods and other valuable trees and shrubs.
Buffaloberry is a similar, close relative of Russian Olive which is also native to Colorado from the Dolores River drainage south to Cortez. It's a great wildlife shrub, and is sold by the CO State Forest Service. I've planted a lot of Buffaloberry, along with chokecherry, mountain mahogany, honeysuckle, sumac, Forstiera and other berry shrubs. It's not as hardy as Russian Olive and won't grow into a tree, but it's a great wildlife food resource.
If the OP does not mind me adding to the "Tree ID/Arborist" thread, I'll have the bettah half post a couple pictures of them.
I think if I keep good care of them they won't get out of hand like they were. It almost looked like a bush, but after I got all the seedlings out of there the trees were obvious.
Last edited by rbeau30; 03-12-2014 at 14:31.
Tamarix was a nice looking plant at least the plume was. But much like some other water seeking plants, it's roots grew so deep in search of water it would break water and sewer lines to survive and thrive. They would choke out other plants for more water. Out in the plains and non resident areas Tamarix and RO would do just fine but in the Denver Metro and residential areas they said no way hoseay. Buffaloberry, chokeberry, and the others you mention, etc. are fine because they have a short root system and don't seek out a water source per say. They play nice and don't kill off other plants.
Last edited by DSB OUTDOORS; 03-12-2014 at 14:24.
Hello All, I'm the bettah half. LOL. Here are the pictures of the trees that he is speaking of. I think I posted in the right thread. LOL, if not sorry. There are 2 photo's per tree, 1 far away and 1 up close and personal. Sorry, but for some reason the 2nd photo for each loaded sideways on the post.
Last edited by cadetcandi; 03-12-2014 at 15:04. Reason: Forgot to include some information
Does it have a flower to it? And do you know leaf color?Hello All, I'm the bettah half. LOL. Here are the pictures of the trees that he is speaking of. I think I posted in the right thread. LOL, if not sorry. There are 2 photo's per tree, 1 far away and 1 up close and personal. Sorry, but for some reason the 2nd photo for each loaded sideways on the post.
The new pics look like a cherry of some sort. Never mind there are some nasty thorns on it. Hawthorne of some type?
Fyi to the op. There are very effective treatments for the ash but are not cheap.
Last edited by sako55; 03-12-2014 at 15:28.
Don't know about flower, we bought it at the end of summer. The leaves I want to say, one was a frosty green and the other one was a dark leathery green. If I have to wait that is okay too.
The leaves were skinny and longish.
The trees have the same peice of cloth tied on it like all the other trees on the property, so I figured it wasn't there by accident.
I also would like to mention that the branches are eyeball height... I may just remove them for that reason. I have to push the lawnmower around them weekly.
Last edited by rbeau30; 03-12-2014 at 15:36.
Sup V. long time no see. I was thinking prunus family on the 1st one. The 2nd tree definatly has some nasty thorns on it, I was thinking Shepherdia ?? Hard to tell on both of them. Stumping me a my cohorts.
Ok now that I look at the 1st one again I do believe it to be a Russian Olive tree. Great big thorns on it.
Still thinking about the 2nd.
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