Not until reaching three years of age do Russian olive trees begin to flower and bear fruit. They produce small clusters of fragrant, creamy yellow flowers that generally appear during May through July, and which are later replaced by abundant, hard, olive-shaped fruit.

Are Russian olive berries edible?

Its fruit is like a berry, about ½ inch long, and is yellow when young (turning red when mature), dry and mealy, but sweet and edible.

Do Russian olive trees have berries?

Russian olive (bottom left): Fruit are 3/8 to ½ inch long; elliptical, dry, mealy yellow-brown berries with silvery scales that become shiny when mature in late summer and fall. Fruits persist throughout the winter. Seeds remain viable in the soil for approximately three years.