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Ligustrum ovalifolium/Common Privet Bonsai

Height 15"/37cm

Developed from an old hedgerow tree collected in 2004.

by Harry Harrington

Planted in pot by Erin Pottery

 

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site last updated
Tuesday, 13 October, 2009

 

 

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