GrimLore
Bonsai Nut alumnus... we miss you
All in all, a very happy privet!
Looking very good there! Update appreciated as well as the thread
Very happy it seems to have all worked out just fine for you.Grimmy
A Privet Story
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Looking very good there! Update appreciated as well as the thread
Very happy it seems to have all worked out just fine for you.Grimmy
brewmeister83
Chumono
The way I anchored smaller branches and such, and the spacing between loops is a little too wide. It's so funny how when you learn to do something "right" it's amazing how all your past stuff looks wrong... I highly suggest Colin Lewis' video on craftsy.com for those learning to wire - anchoring opposite branches always had me a little befuddled, but the way he explains it in the video made me say "duh, that's so obvious, why didn't I see that before?"
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brewmeister83
Chumono
No sex for this bonsai.
That's Right! I'm raising a wholesome, proper bonsai here! None of this after-prom shenanigans... Now listen here Privet, go out there, grow and have fun, but I don't want some one night stand knocking on my door someday with your kid in tow...
*KNOCK KNOCK*
What the???
Awww Crap... Too Late!
GrimLore
Bonsai Nut alumnus... we miss you
That's Right! I'm raising a wholesome, proper bonsai here! None of this after-prom shenanigans... Now listen here Privet, go out there, grow and have fun, but I don't want some one night stand knocking on my door someday with your kid in tow...
*KNOCK KNOCK*
What the???
Awww Crap... Too Late!
Now I don't care who you are that was damn funny! Thank you!
Grimmy
BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
Great find, its going to be a very nice tree, i like where you're going with it in regards to styling.
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
Awesome! Can't wait to see more!
Borg
Yamadori
I showed my wife this, and told her that this is the size privet I want to find to mess around with... She just laughed at me... lol
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
What's up brew?
How's this tree?
More importantly...
How's grandma!?
Sorce
How's this tree?
More importantly...
How's grandma!?
Sorce
brewmeister83
Chumono
tree's doing good - came through winter like a champ OUTSIDE the coldframe. I'm going to let it grow strong until summer, then it's getting a haircut and some wire. I'm thinking that by next year it's going to be ready for a repot and some carving... in the meantime I'm scheming a lift assembly to hold this sucker while I wrangle it out and back into the box it's in. Updated pic to follow shortly.
And grandma - she's doing good too. Took a header off the dining room step the other week and didn't break a thing! (thankfully!) She is sad however that she's getting up in years and now has to use two hands to carry a cinder block - just let that sink in for a minute...
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
I was much more concerned about G than anything else!
Good to hear!
Give her a hug for me!
Sorce
brewmeister83
Chumono
Pic as promised,
The beast is back!
The beast is back!
Lars Grimm
Chumono
Looking great! What are your plans for this year?
brewmeister83
Chumono
Eric Schrader
Chumono
Looks like you already did round 1 of wiring. My experience with privet is that they grow like weeds, bud back all over and are generally easy to move along. Mine fills up the pot with roots every year. Once I got the crown established it slowed down enough and this year it finally bloomed on short branches (normally the blooms were always on long extensions...)
Nice work on the video too.
Nice work on the video too.
brewmeister83
Chumono
Yeah, round one done, only 100 more to go for a plant my size I think.
It's real interesting you mentioned the blooms... mine didn't bloom the year it was collected, but has bloomed each spring since, well... for the past two years, only had the plant for three. Maybe it's specie related, know what yours is? I think mine is either obtusifolium or sinense but not 100% sure...
Eric Schrader
Chumono
Mine seems to be a sinense, it was formerly a hedge in a housing development in San Jose, CA.
Here's my tree looking a bit overgrown:
Closeup of the foliage and flowers:
Here's my tree looking a bit overgrown:
Closeup of the foliage and flowers:
Lars Grimm
Chumono
Anything new on this tree Kevin?
brewmeister83
Chumono
Still alive and kickin' although it's currently leafless and under a couple inches of snow. Didn't do much but some light wiring to secondary branches and let it grow the rest of this past year. Going to be repotting it come spring, and I'm definitely going to have to do some carving/wood preserving this year - mushrooms starting to appear in the crevices of dead wood, need to nip that in the bud pronto! I did have a little more die-back than I thought initially - the bark just took its sweet time falling off. Luckily it won't hurt the design I planned out already. Might actually look better in the long run. Haven't been taking a whole lot of pics this year since I stepped back and just let everything grow and regain strength, but there will be tons once work begins in a few months.
Bonsailane
Mame
This might be a silly question but are privet hedges And evergreen that don't lose their leaves in winter ?
Bonsailane
Mame
And when would be the best time to dig up an old Privet?
