Bonsai of Olea Sylvestris.
Safe delivery in a wooden crate.
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Height: 33 cm (excluding pot)
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Width: 26 cm
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Trunk: 37 cm
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Pot: 10 x 26 x 18 cm
Photos taken in March 2026
Olea Sylvestris bonsai
This Olea Sylvestris bonsai is the wild olive, the small-leaved cousin of the orchard tree and one of the most rewarding species in all of bonsai. The foliage is tiny, leathery and silver-backed, sitting in dense clouds above bark that has the pale, weathered, knotted character only old olives possess. Wild olive wood ages magnificently, hollowing and twisting into living sculpture, and this specimen carries that Mediterranean gravity. It comes in the pot shown.
Olive is the tree of the southern landscape, of stony hillsides and centuries of patient cultivation. As a bonsai it keeps every bit of that sun-soaked character, the small leaves and pale trunk reading instantly as something old and Mediterranean. Viewed from the front, the textured trunk holds the eye, the canopy a quiet cloud above it.
Heritage
Few trees are woven so deeply into the culture of the Mediterranean as the olive. The wild form, Olea Sylvestris, grows on rocky coastal slopes and lives for centuries, its trunks hollowing and contorting with extraordinary age. In bonsai it is prized for exactly that: pale sculptural deadwood, fine foliage, and the unmistakable sense of a tree that has weathered many summers. It is a living piece of the southern hills.
About this specimen
The standout feature here is the aged, characterful trunk and the fine silver-green canopy that crowns it. The composition holds together cleanly from the front and the bark texture does much of the talking. It is a single living specimen, photographed as it is, and the pot is included.
A wild olive of this character is a tree to live with for many years. Bring this one home and you take on a true piece of the Mediterranean.
