Privet Bonsai Styling

This time lapse shows the initial work done on an indian privet.
Privet bonsai styling. The bonsai was a particular favourite of the owner as it had been estimated to be a similar age to him a very young 50 60 years of age. This huge privet ligustrum ovalifolium was dug up in 2009 from a hedge in west london by its owner. Its a tree that i have worked on on and off over the past 6 years during visits to the owners garden. This privet ligustrum ovalifolium bonsai was originally collected in 2009 from a hedge growing in west london.
In october 2012 i was asked to restyle this 24 59cm tall privet ligustrum ovalifolium. Privet is commonly used as hedging material in domestic gardens in england and after a number of decades can produce a fairly substantial trunk. Time to do the initial styling before the branches get too stiff privet branches get way too stiff to bend if you don t catch them while they re young and tender. From this point forward we will let the.
In the initial styling we are just looking to set the bones and select our main branches. During july 2017 i had the pleasure of completing work on a huge ligustrum ovalifolium privet bonsai owned by a client. The styling of a huge privet bonsai. It s best to work from bottom to top when you re styling your trees.