Shohin Privet. Another weed.

[PaulH]

Here's another privet I dug from my yard. Gave it a trim today. Yeah, yeah, I know my photos suck.

 

[jkd2572]

Great looking tree. I think that's one of your better photos. That's coming from a bad photo taker.

 

[Smoke]

Nice trunk on that one, good proportion. I have two that I am working on right now, no where near that trunk though.

 

[KennedyMarx]

I love this one. I wish people used privet for hedges around here. Chinese privet is considered an invasive species in Indiana I believe. My club had a collection trip I couldn't attend a couple years ago on some private property that had a bunch. I regret missing it I wonder how long it would take to ground grow a trunk that size.

 

[PaulH]

I wonder how long it would take to ground grow a trunk that size.

Not that long, really. These come up all over my place as seedlings from a big tree my wife won't let me cut down. So I am always pulling them, chopping them , and hoeing them. A privet seedling can be 1 1/2" diameter in just one year. A couple more years of chop and grow and you'll have one of these. Or at least where this was when I dug it about five years ago, all the branches have been grown since then.

 

[davetree]

That is a sweet little tree. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Poink88]

Not that long, really. These come up all over my place as seedlings from a big tree my wife won't let me cut down. So I am always pulling them, chopping them , and hoeing them. A privet seedling can be 1 1/2" diameter in just one year. A couple more years of chop and grow and you'll have one of these. Or at least where this was when I dug it about five years ago, all the branches have been grown since then.

Nice privet.

Here is one I collected and will work on later (need lots of carving)...for reference, the container is about 17" x 22" IIRC.

 

[jk_lewis]

The issue isn't getting a trunk that large, it is getting a trunk that looks like anything other than a telephone pole. Privet naturally grow arrow straight. To get a trunk like that, you have to find one that's been mowed several times, or chewed on by livestock, etc.

 

[Poink88]

The issue isn't getting a trunk that large, it is getting a trunk that looks like anything other than a telephone pole. Privet naturally grow arrow straight. To get a trunk like that, you have to find one that's been mowed several times, or chewed on by livestock, etc.

I know what you mean and agree. What Paul got is really nice.

Mine will need drastic carving and it is well established and ready (but I am not).

I have several chinese privet and those thicken really slowwww.

 

[jk_lewis]

Careful on too much carving. The wood rots more easily than anything I've used and I've found nothing -- not even Minwax wood hardener -- that "preserves" it. Epoxy might, but that's likely to be ugly.

 

[PaulH]

Careful on too much carving. The wood rots more easily than anything I've used and I've found nothing -- not even Minwax wood hardener -- that "preserves" it. Epoxy might, but that's likely to be ugly.

One of my other privets has a large deadwood area that I treated with PC Petrifier and it seems to be holding up well. Heres a pic. Most of the right side of the trunk is dead.

 

[KennedyMarx]

Not that long, really. These come up all over my place as seedlings from a big tree my wife won't let me cut down. So I am always pulling them, chopping them , and hoeing them. A privet seedling can be 1 1/2" diameter in just one year. A couple more years of chop and grow and you'll have one of these. Or at least where this was when I dug it about five years ago, all the branches have been grown since then.

Thanks for the info and posting the other privet. I found some "Golden Vicary" privet at Walmart in little half gallon cans. I bought a couple to stick in the ground. Oddly the leaves don't have the golden look that these are supposed to and the leaves seem smaller than the pictures depicted on the internet. I guess there's a chance they could be a different cultivar?

 

[GrimLore]

Thanks for the info and posting the other privet. I found some "Golden Vicary" privet at Walmart in little half gallon cans. I bought a couple to stick in the ground. Oddly the leaves don't have the golden look that these are supposed to and the leaves seem smaller than the pictures depicted on the internet. I guess there's a chance they could be a different cultivar?

My Wife and I have bought several plants over the years that were not properly identified. Some were mislabeled at the growers, some were probably "moved" a bit by bored children. There is also a possibility you are looking at pictures of mature plants, amazing how different for example that an immature Juniper looks.

Grimmy

 

[KennedyMarx]

I guess there is a little tinge of yellow to the leaves, but It figured it was a lack of fertilizer.

 

[GrimLore]

If I remember correctly the yellow is more prominent on the newest growth similar to the light green on many shrubs. Once the leaves mature they darken a bit. On a fertilizer note I find any shrubs I have in pots do better with less then I give any of my trees and they need a bit of water until they are established, less later.

Grimmy