I'll add my voice to those who say a big fat NO. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but you seem to be ignoring EVERYONE saying no, but clinging to the salesman who says yes. Your money, your choice.
Could you put a tree outside near to the window so you could see it? Reading these posts has made me realise why I dislike houseplants. Growing things are better outside I think. Obviously lots of people will disagree and that’s fine, just my opinion.
Not a fan of artificial plants but I think that’s your best bet in the circumstances.
Unless you have bright light from 180 degrees above and around your tree and a properly controlled atmosphere (like at Kew) you tree will never be happy or give you what you want.
Folk like 0undle sell their plants to interior designers ... not gardeners. They only have to look good until their client’s cheque has cleared. The photographs in their portfolio
will get them more naive customers.
If you think your room is bright, get a photographer’s light meter and take a reading several times a day three feet from your window ... then go and stand in the middle of a field away from buildings, and take the same readings and you’ll see what I mean.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
By the way, Oundle haven’t been growing their olive trees here in the UK. They’re dug up, potted and imported from around the Mediterranean where they’re clearing ancient olive groves to put up housing and holiday apartments.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Wow, I didn't mean to start a storm! Don't worry, I'm not ignoring your advice and it's genuinely made me rethink. I'm just collating as much opinion as I can - like most things, there are those who say 'yes it can be done, I've done it and here's the evidence' and others who say 'no it can't be done, and here's the evidence'.
Genuinely sorry if I've caused offence by suggesting a living, breathing olive tree might be kept indoors. I've grown them successfully outdoors (the 'proper' way, not the lollipop style!) and personally, I love them. So, again thank you all for your advice and opinions - very much appreciated!
@debs64 that's actually a very good shout to put it outside the bay window, thank you
PS - I know Oundle are sales people but they can be experts at the same time I'd like to think I'm savvy enough to recognise when I'm being sold to and when I'm being genuinely advised! Thanks for your warning though - I totally get where you're coming from!
You seem like someone who cares about plants and I think you would be unhappy if you felt your tree was struggling. Also it wouldn’t look very nice if it was only just alive. Hope you find a solution that makes you happy.
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Forgive me if I'm wrong, but you seem to be ignoring EVERYONE saying no, but clinging to the salesman who says yes.
Your money, your choice.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Genuinely sorry if I've caused offence by suggesting a living, breathing olive tree might be kept indoors. I've grown them successfully outdoors (the 'proper' way, not the lollipop style!) and personally, I love them. So, again thank you all for your advice and opinions - very much appreciated!
@debs64 that's actually a very good shout to put it outside the bay window, thank you
PS - I know Oundle are sales people but they can be experts at the same time