Thought I'd lost olive tree but....advice needed

[selfraising]

Hi
I thought I had lost my olive tree, which was about 3 ft tall, because of the bad winter we had. All the leaves died off and there was no sign of knew growth, so bracing myself to have to dig it all out at some point I cut it all back leaving just the main stem, which I was going to dig out. I have now noticed several new shoots growing out of the ground around the base of the old stem. What should I do now? Do I pick one strong one to make a new main stem (hopefully) and cut all the others down?
Any advice gratefully recieved!

[BUFFS]

dont cut anything off,give it a good feed and let it build its strength up,time enough to decide which will be the main trunk next year,when its had a chance to regrow some viable branches,but dont worry if it is a bit slow,its a long lived plant....my phlomis has just shown its first signs of life,thats the third week in june,so a bit of patience.

[ginger ninger]

Excellent news SR, so glad you didn't dig it out. Did you buy a new one when you said you were going to?

[selfraising]

Hurrah, thanks Buffs. GN, no fortunately I didn't buy another one, the price put me off!!

[chris]

wow, 3'! I wanted a big one from the eden project - but they were like £80!

I bought a tiny one, abot 3 inches tall for around a fiver.. for the past three years I've thought it was dead each year. This year, I stuck it outside in a pot and it's exploded in growth.. Quite pleased, but am envyous of yours!

Have you had any fruit from it?