I collected these a long time ago, the first tree at Brownhill creek in the Adelaide hills on my first ever dig. A few weeks ago I noticed the leaves were looking really yellow and when I had a closer look the underside of every leaf was covered in scale! A dose of eco oil, a confidor tablet in the soil and an old toothbrush solved the problem but the first right hand branch had a bit of dieback. Actually a lot of dieback so I'm letting a base shoot grow out and I might create a small branch there to balance it out. I'll see how it recovers but in the meantime I should find a better pot. I remember thinking 2 years ago it needed a shallow pot and I'm guessing that blue glazed one was the only one I had!
The second tree was collected about 15 years ago. The main branches were set in place early and have filled out nicely, but the last 5 years have been mostly spent trying to fill in the annoying gap beneath the right hand side of the apex. I tried approach grafting a branch where I wanted it on the main trunk and that was unsuccessful, but luckily 2 years ago a shoot appeared where I had tried the graft. I'm guessing the damaged bark encouraged a shoot to appear, but whatever the reason I now have something to work with and I can finally close that gap! Another improvement I'm thinking of is reducing the knobbly bit on the far right of the trunk.
Both of these trees were styled back when I created olives in classic japanese shapes, which I no longer do. That's a discussion for another thread but I still love these trees and I plan to keep them to my original plan.
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A couple of Olives
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Gee I like those Matt.
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Re: A couple of Olives
Really nice trees Matt, I like that first one a lot. I quite like it in the blue pot too
Gotta love Brownhill Creek; no shortage of olives with a bit of character there.
Gotta love Brownhill Creek; no shortage of olives with a bit of character there.
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Impressive
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Re: A couple of Olives
Great trees. Dare I invite the discussion on non-classical olive design? I’ve just recently got some olive stock and would be keen to hear more on this..
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Re: A couple of Olives
Hey DD,
Good question. Here's a great thread where olive styles were discussed:
viewtopic.php?f=130&t=25335
Matt.
Good question. Here's a great thread where olive styles were discussed:
viewtopic.php?f=130&t=25335
Matt.