{"id":4382,"date":"2023-09-05T11:04:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T11:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/?post_type=photoseries&#038;p=4382"},"modified":"2023-09-05T11:06:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T11:06:06","slug":"the-styling-of-a-huge-privet-bonsai","status":"publish","type":"photoseries","link":"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/photoseries\/the-styling-of-a-huge-privet-bonsai\/","title":{"rendered":"The Styling of a Huge Privet Bonsai"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4382\" class=\"elementor elementor-4382\" data-elementor-post-type=\"photoseries\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4500ca7c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4500ca7c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6035b7c1\" data-id=\"6035b7c1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba3e7b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ba3e7b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"487\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Privet-bonsai-before-pruning.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5892\" alt=\"Privet after collection from a hedge in 2009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Privet-bonsai-before-pruning.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Privet-bonsai-before-pruning-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad154bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad154bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>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&#8217; garden. Having seen the tree develop slowly over the years I was very happy to then be commissioned to give the tree its final styling.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Back in 2009, after collection, such was the size of the stump, it was simply boxed up where it stood after collection.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53552f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"53552f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"515\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Big-Privet-bonsai-14.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5887\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Big-Privet-bonsai-14.jpg 515w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Big-Privet-bonsai-14-281x300.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65d6876 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65d6876\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>August 2009:\u00a0<\/strong>Not long after collection, I removed the many straight-sections of trunk using a reciprocating saw, leaving a tapered stump.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ef5563 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8ef5563\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Privet-bonsai-potted-up2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5898\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Privet-bonsai-potted-up2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Privet-bonsai-potted-up2-267x300.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0817958 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0817958\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Privet was then bare-rooted and replanted into a much smaller container. Long-time readers of Bonsai4me.com may remember the article\u00a0&#8220;Bare-rooting a Collected Privet&#8221;\u00a0that detailed the repotting.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bca566a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bca566a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"583\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Big-Privet-bonsai-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5877\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Big-Privet-bonsai-4.jpg 583w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Big-Privet-bonsai-4-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9939f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9939f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>April 2015:\u00a0<\/strong>6 years passed and the tree arrived with me in my garden. It had already gone through a huge transformation, having been carved by another bonsai artist before being left to one side waiting for its final styling.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>There were a few problems with the tree however; principally the deadwood was still unprotected and had started to rot badly (hence the bracket fungus seen in the image above). The Privet was also planted in an over-sized box made from very heavy scaffolding boards&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;the sheer weight of the tree and the box made it incredibly heavy and difficult to move.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc49712 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bc49712\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Big-Privet-bonsai-15.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5888\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Big-Privet-bonsai-15.jpg 700w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Big-Privet-bonsai-15-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4042b77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4042b77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My first job was to remove the tree from the box, remove the heavy, gritty soil mix&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b8eb27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4b8eb27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Privet-faisal-150415-2015-04-15-010-copyright-550.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5902\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Privet-faisal-150415-2015-04-15-010-copyright-550.jpg 686w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Privet-faisal-150415-2015-04-15-010-copyright-550-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e41fc13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e41fc13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.and replant it into a more suitably-sized plastic crate. This made picking up the 45cm wide tree much easier!!!<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>It was then possible to start re-styling the tree&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e016b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4e016b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Big-Privet-bonsai-7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5880\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Big-Privet-bonsai-7.jpg 700w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Big-Privet-bonsai-7-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f50c68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f50c68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Over 2 weeks in April 2015 I carved and styled the Privet. I had to remove a lot of wood from the base of the tree where it had been in contact with the soil. Whilst it is possible to harden and save rotting Privet deadwood with wood-hardening products, if the wood is too soft and crumbling, it is too rotten to save and it is better removed back to more solid wood.<br \/>Once the soft, pulpy wood had been removed, the remainder was shaped, embellished and smoothed out. The deep hollows were blackened using a black waterbased ink and the exterior surfaces, or &#8216;skin&#8217; had a couple of coats of watered-down lime-sulphur applied. The purpose of the using the lime-sulphur was to kill any remaining fungi and to create a more uniform finish to the &#8216;skin&#8217; of the deadwood (rather than turn it white).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5f6f6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b5f6f6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"483\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Big-Privet-bonsai-6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5879\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Big-Privet-bonsai-6.jpg 483w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Big-Privet-bonsai-6-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0753bf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0753bf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Big-Privet-bonsai-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5878\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Big-Privet-bonsai-5.jpg 625w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Big-Privet-bonsai-5-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c0706b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c0706b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Detail of the top of the trunk<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-958011e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"958011e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Big-Privet-bonsai-8.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5881\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Big-Privet-bonsai-8.jpg 585w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Big-Privet-bonsai-8-300x282.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a89bc28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a89bc28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The fully styled Privet bonsai as seen from the front of the tree. Height 19&#8243;\/46cm, width 17&#8243;\/42cm\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1acd905 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1acd905\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Big-Privet-bonsai-10.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5883\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Big-Privet-bonsai-10.jpg 568w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Big-Privet-bonsai-10-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6f8bf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6f8bf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Privet bonsai seen from behind&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a24470 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7a24470\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1018\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Bonsai-070717-006-1024x1018.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5920\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Bonsai-070717-006-1024x1018.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Bonsai-070717-006-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Bonsai-070717-006-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Bonsai-070717-006-768x763.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Bonsai-070717-006-1536x1527.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Bonsai-070717-006-2048x2035.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50c19ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50c19ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>July 2017: Two years later and the Privet came back to me for further refinement work and to address some problems with rotting of the deadwood.<\/p>\n<p>The tree is seen here after full defoliation so that I could fully wire the tree again.<\/p>\n<p>While it had been back in the garden of the owner it had been allowed to grow to help thicken the primary branches and had been potted into a final (unknown) bonsai pot.<\/p>\n<p>I used a large quantity of cyanocrylate (super or krazy glue) to protect and harden the deadwood; in total nearly 1\/4 litre was applied and allowed to dry before and went over all areas of the deadwood, refining it further. There followed another 100% wiring job and laying-out of the branch structure.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6a9a96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d6a9a96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Privet-bonsai-210717-006-1024x818.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5913\" alt=\"Privet bonsai by Harry Harrington\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Privet-bonsai-210717-006-1024x818.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Privet-bonsai-210717-006-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Privet-bonsai-210717-006-768x614.jpg 768w, 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1536w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Privet-bonsai-210717-025-2048x1358.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e6f411 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1e6f411\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"885\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Privet-bonsai-210717-019-1024x885.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5914\" alt=\"Privet bonsai by Harry Harrington\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Privet-bonsai-210717-019-1024x885.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Privet-bonsai-210717-019-300x259.jpg 300w, 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src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Large-B4me-harry-harrington-logo-1-768x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4729\" alt=\"Harry Harrington bonsai\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Large-B4me-harry-harrington-logo-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Large-B4me-harry-harrington-logo-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Large-B4me-harry-harrington-logo-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Large-B4me-harry-harrington-logo-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Large-B4me-harry-harrington-logo-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Large-B4me-harry-harrington-logo-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" 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