European Olive Bonsai Olive Tree

Olive likes full partial sun and moderate water and fertilizer.
European olive bonsai olive tree. The climate there is much like that of the native climate for this tree. Same olive tree a couple of years later less than 10 years taxonomy olea is a genus of about 20 species in the family oleaceae native to warm temperate and tropical regions of southern europe africa southern asia and australasia. Description of the olive bonsai the olive tree is a mediterranean tree par excellence and in bonsai it is no less. Olive flowering bonsai tree have a strong trunk growth fine roots and ability to produce fruit with proper care.
The european olive bonsai or olea europaea is a type of evergreen plant native to europe and parts of the middle east and africa. In the united states good examples are most often found in california. Olive olea europaea care guide for the olive bonsai tree. Olives are fast becoming popular bonsai.
With its rough gray bark and flexible branches its suitable to all sizes and styles of bonsai cultivation. Bonsai flowers can tolerate many weather conditions including hot and dry weather. It requires being located outside and receiving a constant bath of sun and heat. The olive is a tree commonly found in mediterranean countries where it has a long cultivation tradition and also symbolic importance.
Admired because it is a very slow grower. They are evergreen trees and shrubs with small opposite entire leaves. This tree was styled by erik wigert owner of wigert s bonsai nursery in north ft myers florida. Excellent olive bonsai subjects can be made from olea europa also known as the mediterranean olive.
Since the 4th millennium bc it is cultivated for its fruit. Cold hardy zones 9 11. Olive likes full partial sun and moderate water and fertilizer. It has narrow shiny and leather like oval shaped leaves.
It is an almost immortal tree that is reborn season after season renewing very fine roots compared to the trunk and branches. This is a popular bonsai tree in europe and elsewhere. In 2008 at the 1st national bonsai exhibition in rochester ny he was awarded best tropical bonsai for his purple bougainvillea. Olive trees are well ramified evergreen trees or shrubs and depending on the variety can become up to 10 or even 20 meters 33 to 66 ft tall.
Ginta leads us through the pruning and repotting of this field grown olive olive olivo that will be pruned and then repotted into a ceramic bonsai pot. European olive is incredible bonsai material that is very very old and with tiny leaves.