AusBonsai

All, i have recently aquired this Olive, I always said i would never get one The trunk is 200mm wide ,220mm high and 170mm front to back. As this is my first Olive and there are so many olive lovers here i thought i'd see what you all would do with this one, any ideas please let me know , thanks in advance

Craig I reckon it would make great firewood

I swore I would never get one, last year I was given one by a friend very similar to yours, its back in the ground for a couple years of clip & grow training before I dig it again

Look forward to seeing where you take it, some interesting wood...

Matt

Cool tree Craig! I like that deadwood and I like the front displayed in the second last photo. I think showing only the deadwood will not work and not showing it would be a pity! For now, I'd just let the tree grow grow and grow some more. Keep all those suckers trimmed back and give it a chance to strenghten up. Any idea when it was dug out?

Thanks Matt, you cheecky bugger

thanks Andrew, no idea when it was dug, but i dare say not recently, most like some years ago .Thanks Re; the front of the tree, it makes good sense .

Cool - if it has been growing on for a while, I guess there is no reason not to crack on. I'd personally chop out the thick lower branch and work with the top one as an apex. I'd probably also rotate it a little so you don;t get a 50/50 live/dead view of the trunk from the front. I'd need to put more thought into what design options exist other than the normal old left right back route . . . . Hmmmmm

About 4 years of neglect ago, from the Rolystone area. Pic six has some nice appeal.

Cheers Pup

Pic 6 for me is the best view
Nice contrast between the bark and the carving

Ken

Cheers Pup

thanks Ken

the problem i see when veiwing the trunk like that is you'll be looking straight at a corner , i'll take it onboard but, Thanks guys