Quick back story, I was helping my brother inlaw remove about 3 ton of pavers from his new house to mine (not a fun job
) as they were re-doing their backyard. On about the third trip loading up the truck I noticed him pulling out a stump in the yard that he had trimmed back hard a few days earlier. I went over to have a look and asked what it was and he thought an Olive. I jumped on the chance of taking it as it still loooked to have a few feeder roots and a nice thick trunk, I thought it was worth trying to save since all the ectraction work was done for me 
I think I will be able to make a nice first branch out of the lower left one and create a new leader. It does have a few unsightly nodules but I will selectivly carve a few back to hollows to create that missing branch look.Not sure what the success of it surviving is but hopefully it will be ok, I have taken the usual after care (Seasol soak, Shade etc) an potted it in a 50/50 mix Diatomite and Cactus style mix. As soon as it was out of the ground I put it in a bag, watered down and placed in the shade.
Anyway I have attached as many photos as possible to help identify the species, unfortunately there were no leaves od branches left to help. An ID would be awesome, I have been searching for an olive for ages and if this works out I will be one happy camper.
Cheers
Ryan
, I thought I would have a little change from my standard Beer bottle or Dr Pepper to gage the size hehehe..
