{"id":4383,"date":"2023-09-05T05:23:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T05:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/?post_type=photoseries&#038;p=4383"},"modified":"2023-09-05T06:36:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T06:36:54","slug":"privet-multi-trunk-bonsai","status":"publish","type":"photoseries","link":"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/photoseries\/privet-multi-trunk-bonsai\/","title":{"rendered":"Privet Multi-Trunk Bonsai"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4383\" class=\"elementor elementor-4383\" data-elementor-post-type=\"photoseries\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d74e449 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d74e449\" 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-4ba414cc\" data-id=\"4ba414cc\" 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-91a652d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"91a652d\" 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=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-140212-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5816\" alt=\"privet bonsai\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-140212-4.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-140212-4-300x260.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-163e023 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"163e023\" 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><strong>February 2012:\u00a0<\/strong>This Privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium) was originally dug from a hedge in London, England during 2010, and had been planted into a large plant pot by the owner. One of around 30 trees collected from the same hedge, this particular privet was seen as the runt of the litter. As a result it had been left to grow unpruned in the corner of the owners garden for 18 months until it was foisted on me!<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:image --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdefed1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fdefed1\" 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=\"746\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-140212-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5814\" alt=\"privet bonsai\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-140212-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-140212-2-201x300.jpg 201w\" 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-093b600 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"093b600\" 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 itself was in excellent health, and once I had removed it from its pot, it became apparent how well it had recovered from being dug up from the ground. The rootball was a mass of vigorous new roots.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The tree itself was fairly typical of hedging-privet; it consisted of 5-6 straight, taperless trunks that joined together at a common base. As I have illustrated before with\u00a0a Privet collected from the same hedge, one approach with material such as this is to remove the relatively thin, straight trunks and develop a bonsai from the much larger base.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>A second approach, as I will show in this article, is to retain the multiple-trunks and form a<em>\u00a0multi-trunk<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>clump-form<\/em>\u00a0bonsai.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>My next course of action, as is typical when working on Privet bonsai, was to reveal the base of the trunk. This would allow the entire tree to be studied, and the process of designing the bonsai within it, could begin. As I was also eager to replace the organic peat-based compost with good quality inorganic soil, I decided to bare-root the Privet.<\/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-1b725f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1b725f1\" 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=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-140212-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5815\" alt=\"privet bonsai repotting\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-140212-3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-140212-3-300x225.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-e3f8433 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3f8433\" 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 soil was extremely densely-packed with fine roots. Knowing that there was more than enough volume of roots to support the tree, I simply sawed away the bottom 1\/3 of the rootball rather than try to delicately remove the soil only to then prune away the bottom third of the roots.<\/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-0add7df elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0add7df\" 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=\"500\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-150212-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5818\" alt=\"privet bonsai repotting\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-150212-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-150212-2-300x296.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-625dc79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"625dc79\" 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 trunkbase after bare-rooting (removal of the soil). As can be seen in the image above, the rootball was now largely free of soil and this allowed the roots to be studied more closely and worked on.<\/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-6408b26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6408b26\" 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=\"500\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-150212-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5819\" alt=\"privet bonsai repotting\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-150212-3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-150212-3-295x300.jpg 295w\" 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-b7b16ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b7b16ca\" 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=\"500\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-150212-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5821\" alt=\"privet bonsai repotting\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-150212-5.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-150212-5-300x257.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-244a3ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"244a3ca\" 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>February 2012 continued<\/strong>: After cleaning the surface of the rootball, it was possible to see where the various trunks met at the trunkbase. However, to reveal the trunkbase fully would firstly require careful removal of all the fine roots that emerged from it.<\/p>\n<p>After removal of some fine roots and cleaning away of more of the peat-based soil, as well as ground-soil from when the tree grew as a hedge, the powerful trunkbase was fully revealed.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:image --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>With such a large volume of fine-roots still remaining after bare-rooting, I decided that the tree could be planted straight into a large bonsai training pot. To ensure that the Privet could fit into a shallow pot, I had to remove a number of thick (5-10cm) stumps from underneath the trunkbase.<\/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-656a118 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"656a118\" 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=\"500\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-150212-8.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5824\" alt=\"privet bonsai repotting\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-150212-8.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-150212-8-300x231.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-3b464bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b464bc\" 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 with a nice, shallow rootball, ready for planting into its new home.<\/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-0b284b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0b284b2\" 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=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-150212-9.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5825\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-150212-9.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-150212-9-300x225.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-09dd6f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09dd6f8\" 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>A 15&#8243; diameter mica bonsai training pot prepared for the tree.<\/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-9f74876 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9f74876\" 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=\"500\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-150212-10.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5826\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-150212-10.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-150212-10-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-150212-10-150x150.jpg 150w\" 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-5306fac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5306fac\" 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>February 2012 continued:\u00a0<\/strong>After several hours work over the course of a day, the Privet was successfully repotted.<\/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-bc2851e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bc2851e\" 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=\"500\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-21212.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5813\" alt=\"privet bonsai\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-21212.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-21212-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-21212-150x150.jpg 150w\" 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-77377ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77377ff\" 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>February 2012:<\/strong>\u00a0What then remained to do was to chop the trunks to a height proportionate to their diameter (so that thickest trunks were also tallest). The branches were then pruned back hard to encourage strong budding during the coming Spring.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The Privet was then encouraged to grow as strongly as possible throughout the growing season of 2012. The tree was fed heavily with solid, slow-release fertilizers as well as liquid feeds, given plenty of light and water, and only new shoots in the apex were pruned (to stop them becoming too coarse and thick).<\/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-452cd11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"452cd11\" 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=\"500\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-300113-024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5809\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-300113-024.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-300113-024-300x272.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-85dd8dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85dd8dd\" 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>January 2013:\u00a0<\/strong>After further styling, almost a year later. The bonsai had responded well to the work of early 2012 and a great number of new shoots appeared that were used to help develop the new branch structure of the tree.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>My principal goal during this second styling was to address the trunk-chops of the previous February, and to introduce some &#8216;distance&#8217; or gaps between some of the trunks as well as some taper.<\/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-9fc7951 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9fc7951\" 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=\"800\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-carving-taper.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5834\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-carving-taper.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-carving-taper-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-carving-taper-768x364.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\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-615528f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"615528f\" 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>Comparing the two images (February 2012-January 2013), it is possible to see where I had removed a large trunk on the left hand side of the bonsai. The chops on all of the tunks were dressed to give a more natural appearance of old tapered trunk-tops.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Finally, I had &#8216;carved taper&#8217; into a number of the trunks by creating shari (deadwood) at the back and\/or sides of the trunks. This had allowed me to make the trunks taper slightly\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0create some distance between two biggest trunks, on the right hand side of the bonsai.<\/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-3e899aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3e899aa\" 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=\"500\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-180513-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5827\" alt=\"privet bonsai\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-180513-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-180513-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-180513-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" 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-08edf32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"08edf32\" 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>May 2013:\u00a0<\/strong>Four months later and the Privet bonsai was planted into a slightly smaller and more appropriately-shaped training container, just as the new buds begin to extend in mid-spring.<\/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-a71f21f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a71f21f\" 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=\"500\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-180513-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5828\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-180513-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-180513-2-300x293.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-e0bfdaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0bfdaa\" 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 style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\">May 2013:<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\">\u00a0A view of the back of the Privet multi-trunk reveals further, how I had &#8216;carved taper&#8217; into the previously straight trunks, by creating shari\/deadwood features. In some cases, only a fraction of the circumference of the trunk remained, in my effort to create taper.<\/span><\/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-cebb8ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cebb8ec\" 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=\"600\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-231013-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5832\" alt=\"privet bonsai deadwood\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-231013-4.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-231013-4-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\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-894b19f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"894b19f\" 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=\"600\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-231013-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5830\" alt=\"privet bonsai deadwood\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-231013-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-231013-1-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\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-07afb3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07afb3f\" 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>October 2013:\u00a0<\/strong>With a heavy feeding and watering regime, the Privet multi-trunk bonsai thrived throughout the growing season of 2013. By October of that year I decided to invest the time into finishing the tree, with a view to replanting it into a handmade pot during the Spring of 2014.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:image --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Several areas of the trunk required dressing to cover up old scars or simply to break up otherwise &#8216;open&#8217; or blank areas of the bonsai. The carving I carried out had been greatly simplified by limiting it to just three tones; black (the hollowed out wood), white (the bare wood below the cambium layer) and the bark itself.<\/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-a9b0097 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a9b0097\" 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=\"600\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-231013-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5831\" alt=\"privet bonsai deadwood\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-231013-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-231013-2-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\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-f108542 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f108542\" 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=\"600\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-231013-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5833\" alt=\"privet bonsai\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-231013-5.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-bonsai-231013-5-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\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-3421a7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3421a7d\" 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 branches of the bonsai were then pruned, wired and placed.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Privet\/Ligustrum ovalifolium bonsai. Height 18&#8243;\/44cm, trunkbase 11&#8243;\/27cm<\/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-7054c59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7054c59\" 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=\"500\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-231013-006-copyright-composite.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5808\" alt=\"privet bonsai harry harrington\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-231013-006-copyright-composite.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/privet-231013-006-copyright-composite-247x300.jpg 247w\" 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-3f2848c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f2848c\" 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>Privet bonsai multi-trunk (Ligustrum ovalifolium). February 2012 (top images) to October 2013.<\/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-44e4faa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"44e4faa\" 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=\"644\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Privet-bonsai-pot.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5806\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Privet-bonsai-pot.jpg 644w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Privet-bonsai-pot-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/>\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-90eff6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90eff6f\" 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>July 2014:\u00a0<\/strong>During July 2014 I received a new handmade bonsai pot for the Privet from Victor Harris of Erin Bonsai. As the new pot had the same dimensions as the existing training pot that the tree was growing in, the Privet could be &#8216;slip-potted&#8217; into its new home without disturbing the roots.<\/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-388ec8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"388ec8c\" 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=\"633\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Privet-bonsai-multitrunk-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5841\" alt=\"Privet bonsai multitrunk (5)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Privet-bonsai-multitrunk-5.jpg 633w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Privet-bonsai-multitrunk-5-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/>\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-b7679c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7679c8\" 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>March 2015<\/strong>. During the Winter of 2014-2015, after the first heavy frosts began to remove the leaves from the tree, the Privet was fully defoliated and rephotographed. With the tree laid bare, the trunks and the entire branch structure could be examined and adjusted with pruning and wiring.<\/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-a6b8747 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a6b8747\" 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=\"630\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Privet-bonsai-multitrunk-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5839\" alt=\"Privet bonsai multitrunk (3)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Privet-bonsai-multitrunk-3.jpg 630w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Privet-bonsai-multitrunk-3-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/>\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-711b23c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"711b23c\" 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 clump-bonsai as seen from the front. Ramification of the branches has greatly increased in just a few short years thanks to a regime of heavy feeding, pruning and defoliation.<\/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-26d37e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"26d37e3\" 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=\"768\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Privet-bonsai-multitrunk-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5837\" alt=\"Privet bonsai multitrunk\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Privet-bonsai-multitrunk-2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Privet-bonsai-multitrunk-2-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\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-bc5c42e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc5c42e\" 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 crown of the main trunks on the right, and the smaller trunks on the left.<\/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-a37b97e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a37b97e\" 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=\"633\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Privet-bonsai-multitrunk-6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5842\" alt=\"Privet bonsai multitrunk\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Privet-bonsai-multitrunk-6.jpg 633w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Privet-bonsai-multitrunk-6-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/>\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-c0bf863 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0bf863\" 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 bonsai pot by Erin Pottery and the right hand side of the trunk base.<\/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-d1479b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d1479b4\" 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\/08\/Privet-bonsai-multitrunk-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5836\" alt=\"Privet bonsai multitrunk (1)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Privet-bonsai-multitrunk-1.jpg 568w, https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Privet-bonsai-multitrunk-1-300x290.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-4ef6d82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ef6d82\" 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>And the entire tree seen from the front-right view.<\/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-c913ec0 elementor-widget 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