Russian Olive Bonsai
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Russian olive bonsai. 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. Russian olive elaeagnus angustifolia is a tough shrub that tolerates adverse conditions such as sandy dry alkaline or salty soil and salt spray. 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. The leaves are a burnished silver color.
Russian olive is a beautiful shrub. Height 6 to 13 feet 2 to 4 meters exposure full sun part sun soil ordinary. This is a rare silverberry russian olive from the west coast that will fruit with another tree of the same variety present. Temperate broadleaf so you would winter it like a japanese maple or other deciduous tree.
It grows naturally as a 12 to 15 foot shrub but you can also grow it as a tree. It is not deciduous but winter hardy. Name elaeagnus angustifolia family elaeagnaceae type shrub. 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.
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. Apr 7 2019 silverberry oleaster autumn olive russian olive cherry olive goumi. Its name comes from its native region southern russia and the resemblance to the olive tree around the mediterranean. Russian olive can reach 30 and twigs have a terminal spine.
Olive tree leaves are dry falling off. Olive trees grow slowly and generally require little pruning each year if they are healthy and well maintained. The olive tree olea europaea is an evergreen mediterranean fruit tree that grows about 30 feet tall and 25 feet wide. Slow growing and very well suited to bonsai culture.
If you want to grow the tree form of elaeagnus pruning should begin while the shrub is still young. Olive trees need full sun and a.