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Olive bush

Michael EdwardsMichael Edwards Posts: 7
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Mt 3 metre olive bush which I grew from a pot and transfered to the garden 4 years ago was cut down to 1 metre by my gardener. It looks dead. It was a deep healthy green with hundreds if olives. Will this ever revive? Is there anything I can do to save it?
Michael Edwards 
Swinhope. 
Lincolnshire 

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    You must have been gutted.
    I'd guess it probably will re-sprout but will take a few years to re-grow to its former glory.
    I have one on the patio and every now and then I chop a couple of feet off to stop it hitting the awning when it's out. Within a few weeks there are lots of new shoots appearing.
    I've found seaweed extract once a month during the growing season to be a really good fertilizer for them.
    Time for a new gardener?

    Billericay - Essex

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    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Michael EdwardsMichael Edwards Posts: 7
    Thanks your response. I really love this plant. I bought 2 more, just in case, but I am so proud to have nurtured this tiny plant into a real beauty. I have fired my gardener. Regards. Michael 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Michael Edwards said:
    Thanks your response. I really love this plant. I bought 2 more, just in case, but I am so proud to have nurtured this tiny plant into a real beauty. I have fired my gardener. Regards. Michael 
    I'm almost surprised that's all that was fired!   Anyone who did that to my plants would have to run very fast, and duck at the same time.  Grrrrr!

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Michael EdwardsMichael Edwards Posts: 7
    I showed him exactly where to cut it, about a foot from the top, so I could shape it as I wanted it. I didn't see the damage until he had left.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    That is awful … I feel so sorry for you. 😞 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Michael EdwardsMichael Edwards Posts: 7
    Thank you, I was devastated. 
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