Bonsai of Olive.
Safe delivery in a wooden crate.

• Height: 44 cm (excluding pot)

• Width: 58 cm

• Trunk: 40 cm

• Pot: 10 x 40 x 30 cm

Photos taken in April 2026

Olea bonsai, the Mediterranean olive in miniature

This Olea bonsai brings the spirit of the Mediterranean olive grove into a single small tree. The olive is one of the oldest cultivated trees in the world, and even at this scale it carries that unmistakable silvery-green foliage and the gnarled, characterful trunk that olive lovers recognise at once. This specimen already shows the kind of twisted, weathered wood that gives an olive bonsai its sense of age.

Olives have lined the hillsides of the Mediterranean basin for thousands of years, and a bonsai version distils all of that warmth and durability into something you can keep close. The bark takes on a pale, fissured texture, and the small leaves catch the light in a way that feels distinctly southern.

Heritage and appeal of the olive tree

Few trees carry as much cultural weight as the olive, woven through the history, food and landscape of the Mediterranean world. As a bonsai it is treasured for its rugged trunk and its evergreen presence, and for the quiet sense of antiquity even a young specimen can suggest. Among international collectors the olive has become a much-loved subject, equally at home indoors near good light or out on a sheltered terrace.

About this specimen

The photographs show the exact plant you will receive, pot included. This is a single, unique specimen rather than a stock image, so the twist of the trunk, the spread of the foliage and the character of the pot all belong to this particular olive. What you see in the images is what arrives at your door.

It makes a heartfelt gift for anyone with a love of the south, and a warm, characterful presence in any collection.