It is understood that the olive tree belongs to the Oleaceae family and is an evergreen tree, renowned worldwide as a woody oil and fruit-bearing species. The cultivated varieties not only have high edible value but are also important landscape plants. Olive trees are mainly distributed in Mediterranean countries, with Spain, Italy, and Greece being the primary production areas. Nowadays, countries around the world are introducing and cultivating them. The imported Spanish olive trees are masterpieces carefully selected by the buyers based on domestic demand, and these precious trees will mainly be used for ornamental landscape purposes after entering the country.
In recent years, the market demand for landscape trees in the country has been increasing, while excellent foreign landscape trees such as olive trees and Podocarpus often take decades to over a hundred years to mature, making them almost a non-renewable resource, leading to a supply shortage in the Ningbo market.