Substantial, to say the least. You’d expect a heavy pot with such a massive trunk, still, to my eye this particular pot seems to dominate the tree just a bit. From José Gómez del Río’s facebook photos.
All of the photos in this post are from José Gómez del Río on facebook, and I assume all of the trees are his. Even though I like his wild and wonderful olive bonsai, I seem to be just a bit nit picky this morning. We’ll chalk it up to mild case of pre-Holiday stress.
BTW: the original images were a little dark and also the trees were a little small relative to size of images, so we put our crack team of two seven-year-old photoshop apprentices on the job.
A great trunk and a good pot choice too. No nit-picking necessary.
This rugged unrefined look is typical of olives. As long as we’re on the subject of pots, you might notice how the tree just barely fits into this one.
A marked contrast from the first three. I like the movement and the great details in the trunk, but does the heavy apex create a slightly unbalanced feel?
There’s lot to this unusual tree. Especially the solidity of the trunk and its swirling patterns. And then there’s the story that the strange, badly beaten branch on left is trying to tell.
A rugged forest somewhere in the foothills of the Pyrenees? Would the whole thing be easier on the eyes without the wavy doughy thing underneath the slab?
Another very unusual tree. The apex/crown seems a bit more refined on this one than on some of the others and I like the choice of pots.
What species is the rugged Forrest ?
Hi Bob,
All the trees in the post are olives.