This old warrior has come to us from a client's garden. It is an olive tree that has been lovingly pruned....then subsequently hoicked out by a digger and brought back to our yard. We are giving it the benefit of the doubt and have carefully replanted it in our heeling in bed. The olives that we sell in Nicholson Plants do hail from Italy and some of them while not nearly as old as this fellow are recipients of pretty harsh hair cuts - they seem to respond well to this treatment and flush back vigourously. We do take our olive trees in under cover during the winter which does preserve the leaf on the tree - if they are left out there is a danger in prolonged temperatures of less than -7c that they will suffer - at this point they need wrapping in horticultural fleece as will the pot.
Lets hope that the trauma enjoyed by this tree will spur it on to a new lease of life - watch this spot....
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