Wild olives

[nozila]

I was fortunate enough to stumble across a property overlooking a field of wild olives. So after asking for permission, I went digging - roots and all (hand saw was too much effort to flat bottom). Also some pines and natives I’d be collecting in the future on the same property.







Btw what type of pine is this?

I’ll take pics of the trunks from the collected olives tomorrow. There is so many, but doing it on my own is an effort.


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[shibui]

Btw what type of pine is this?

2, 3 or 5 needles?
I was going to suggest P. halapensis but I noticed the elongated cones on the one in pics above. Do you think they are the same species?

[nozila]

I'll take closer pic of the pines in a couple of minutes. But it was near the massive pine trees so Im guessing its a seedling from them as there was nothing else around aside from olives.

[nozila]

Pics not the greatest. Perhaps in daylight would be better.


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[Matt S]

The juvenile foliage certainly looks like P. halepensis (Aleppo pine) which is pretty common in the hills.

This may help:
https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weed ... pensis.htm

[nozila]

Thanks Matt. They don’t look suitable for bonsais. Correct me if I’m wrong.


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[Matt S]

I've found Aleppo's frustrating in that I couldn't get them to backbud on older wood and the adult needles are very long and scraggly. The only good one I've seen has been constantly pruned to keep the juvenile foliage going and the adult needles removed.

[shibui]

I also got frustrated when I grew some out and then could not get buds on bare wood but I then found out that's no different from most pines.
Reversion to juvenile after pruning was also a source of frustration. I also considered trying to design for all juvenile foliage because it is neater and smaller than the long adult needles but did not get around to following through.

P. halapensis is used for bonsai, especially where it is a native so bonsai allepo is possible.

[nozila]

Got some more olives today. Plus two bottlebrush. I







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[nozila]

It took 30mins just to pull this from hole to the car.



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