A very old privet hedge

I got to dig a very old privet hedge yesterday. My young student dug for an entire day and got some good lumps with him home. These are some of the trees I got for myself. There is about 6 more plants to dig.
I like the grotesque huge lump, sumo is the word I guess, what do you guys think? I will keep you updated as the trees develop. Good fun and good trees on a beautiful day. Life is good!

Hi Jan, I love these trees, here,s one of mine it,s developing nicely

Ian, that is one beautiful tree. Privets are fast growers but I guess you have a good 10 years head start on me there. Did you collect and develop the tree? I would love to see some more pictures. 

Hi Jan, yeah the tree was collected as a stump. It was about 1 meter tall when I got it and after it budded back I chopped it back again and selected the buds I wanted to keep as the branches, then I carved it. I`m sorry I don`t have any pics of it in developement but I`ll try and sort some other`s out for you

Ian.

Sounds great. I have a couple of other privets that I collected 2 years ago. They where collected as stumps like the ones in the pictures. They where budding from all over the trunk in a matter of weeks so I am really looking forward to watch these buggers grow.

Hi Jan Olav. Nice stumps! Do you know what species of Ligustrum it is?

Rune

Rune, It is ligustrum vulgare. Very common hedge plant in my area.

Here is an update on the big privet. I have been cutting the piece like a hedge all summer to get some ramification. I did some rough carving and defoliated a couple of days ago. Now it is time to start getting some branches in place. Ideas anyone?

oh potter sensei... i really admire your ability to make such beautiful tree's!im a fan!...Im also a friend of yours on youtube(ive seen all your vids.... this is a cool tree you got, i would just lay out the branches to bring out the trunk... i dont know how to do the virtual image on here though... it has a really nice trunk and plenty of fine branches.Its already a worthy bonsai.

all the best,' oppsy(hope this is the right potter^^ graham potter^^...
jie

Sorry, wrong potter. I am the norwegian one. Glad you like the tree. I`ll see where to go with it tonight.