From Broadleaf Division TangledTanunki Olea europaea

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This was one of my first bonsai I started with so thought it would be cool to track it progress and keep updated a thread for this little comp.

Bought from a nursery when I knew little to nothing about bonsai but looked like a cool little tree.




I removed the bottom stump with the idea of later creating some deadwood with it. This was before I was on the look out for sausages in the tree's which I now see everywhere. I was basically just looking at creating a triangle.

 

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By January I let him grow out and removed the wire that had started to bite into the wood a bit

 

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Earlier this month decided to reset the tree and get the proportions into line with what I actually eventually see this little tree becoming

 

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Today I removed the spring flush of growth so that I could get some ramification tighter without the internodes becoming to long. If the tree bounces back I will look at repotting into a better soil mix although it is in lava rock at the moment with some organics. I prefer the inorganic trifecta that we use here in Israel of Pumiceerlite:Vermiculite. Looking at him this morning I think that this will eventually become the back of the tree with the carving on the front to bring some interest