Olive Bonsai – Massive Trunks, Wild Trees 5/8/16

This European olive is a very substantial tree. But then, substantial European olives are quite common... though olives as substantial and developed as this one aren't quite so common.

Another foray into our archives. This one originally appeared December, 2013. It was titled ‘Wild Trees & Massive Trunks.’

All of the trees in this post are European olives. The photos are from José Gómez del Río on facebook. 

Another rugged olive with a great trunk and a good pot choice too. 

This wild 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 details in the trunk, but does the tilted apex create an unbalanced feel?
 A rugged forest somewhere in the foothills of the Pyrenees? 

Another very unusual tree.