Preparing an olive for restyling – Bonsai Tonight

Three years ago I obtained a orderly olive that had attain from the Blue Oak Nursery collection.

Olive, July 2020

Even if the tree changed into attempting styling, I needed to gauge the well being of the tree sooner than persevering with.

After letting it develop for a one year, I repotted it into a deeper container.

After pruning the roots

As you would possibly gaze, the trunk flare is kind of two feet throughout!

The deeper pot helped, however after two years, there changed into diminutive sleek improve.

July 2022

That drop the started rising indulge in crazy. By November it changed into lined with 24″ shoots from the discontinue to the bottom (I don’t gain a photograph).

This changed into the imprint I changed into attempting for. I trimmed the tree sooner than winter and repotted it in early spring. By this summer time it had placed on one more flush of improve and changed into ready for styling. Right here’s the tree after pruning and wiring.

August, 2023, styling by Adam Toth.

The tree didn’t omit a beat and persisted rising into drop.

Olive, early November, 2023 – 37″ enormous, container by Sara Rayner

I feel indulge in the tree answered precisely the device in which I needed it too, however I don’t know if it could maybe perhaps gain answered in addition if I’d labored on it earlier. Both device, it reinforces for me the foundation that there are benefits to waiting to gaze sturdy improve sooner than doing comparatively a couple of work on a tree.

Info & Updates

• The Golden Notify Bonsai Federation Rendezvous is this weekend, October 20-22, on the Resort Mission de Oro in Santa Nella, California.

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