Golden Privet Bonsai

Golden vicary privet makes an excellent hedge with good growth rate and large dense foliage.

Golden privet bonsai. As bonsai they make excellent material being extremely robust very receptive to most bonsai techniques and almost impossible to kill. A very fast growing robust tree privet forms a strong and very densely leaved hedge in almost any soil or light condition. Specific bonsai care guidelines for the privet ligustrum position. I ll admit that some of the broadleaf species such as waxleaf privet ligustrum lucidum and japanese privet l.

It s very different from how we usually picture privet as a hedge. This japanese privet ligustrum japonicum bonsai is part of the golden state bonsai federation collection north located at lakeside park in oakland california. In this video i take a very bushy and overgrown privet and turn it into a beautiful and large bonsai. Sep 16 2016 explore scott5662 s board privet bonsai on pinterest.

Provet is a fast. See more ideas about bonsai bonsai tree bonsai art. Set your store to see local availability add to cart. Privet is a medium sized evergreen shrub that if left alone grows eight to ten feet high.

There are three species commonly used for bonsai. It naturally forms thick smooth barked trunks. While most privet species have to be kept outdoor and might only need some protection against hard frost the chinese privet ligustrum sinensis for example is also sold as an indoor tree and should be placed inside the house during the winter. Brussel s bonsai dwarf hawaiian umbrella tree on rock bonsai model dt 8002arbr 46 67 46 67.

Japonicum have some use in the landscape as limbed up trees but the small leaf hedging types such as california privet l. Brussel s bonsai golden gate ficus indoor model ct 2006ggf 58 67 58 67. The ligustrum is often used for hedging which can be a source of indoor bonsai treebonsai stylesminiature treesleaf coloringbonsai gardenikebanahedgesguidegardens. Sinense are absolute garbage that belong in a privy.

Donated by john naka to the 1992 gsbf convention and then donated by judith mathis to the collection. European privet ligustrum vulgare japanese privet ligustrum ovalifolium and the species discussed here wax leaf privet ligustrum japonicum. Foliage is semi evergreen to deciduous mainly depending upon climate hardiness zone. The ligustrum privet botanical family consists of many subspecies and cultivars 50 with a diversity of leaf colors and forms.

The privet prefers a bright position with direct sunlight at least part of the day.