Russian Olive Bonsai

The olive tree olea europaea is an evergreen mediterranean fruit tree that grows about 30 feet tall and 25 feet wide.
Russian olive bonsai. Russian olive is a beautiful shrub. Its name comes from its native region southern russia and the resemblance to the olive tree around the mediterranean. The leaves are a burnished silver color. It grows naturally as a 12 to 15 foot shrub but you can also grow it as a tree.
Height 6 to 13 feet 2 to 4 meters exposure full sun part sun soil ordinary. Russian olive elaeagnus angustifolia small deciduous tree with silvery foliage. Oleaster also called russian olive or trebizond date species elaeagnus angustifolia small deciduous tree of eurasia about 4 5 to 6 m 15 to 20 feet high. It has smooth dark brown branches that often bear spines and narrow light green leaves that are silvery on the undersides from a covering of minute scales.
There s potential here to defoliate for smaller foliage if you d like and the base of this tree is extraordinarily unique for a russian olive. These interesting trees are fall flowering and the flowers are quite fragrant. Slow growing and very well suited to bonsai culture. Olive trees grow slowly and generally require little pruning each year if they are healthy and well maintained.
Russian olive can reach 30 and twigs have a terminal spine. You will want to begin shaping your olive tree when it s young or about 2 years old and then check it each year in the late spring or early summer for some maintenance pruning. See more ideas about autumn olive plants shrubs. Temperate broadleaf so you would winter it like a japanese maple or other deciduous tree.
Olive trees need full sun and a. Olive tree leaves are dry falling off. This is a rare silverberry russian olive from the west coast that will fruit with another tree of the same variety present. Apr 7 2019 silverberry oleaster autumn olive russian olive cherry olive goumi.
Name elaeagnus angustifolia family elaeagnaceae type shrub. It is not deciduous but winter hardy.