Let us begin with this Vicary privet — Ligustrum vicaryi. It was collected in 2015 from my own yard, recovered in a large wooden box, and has had some initial styling decisions made including reducing from seven to three trunks, and some structural wiring.
This variety is not as truly evergreen as some other privet varieties, but it will hold onto green leaves especially through a mild winter. This winter (in Virginia, USA) has been extremely mild, and the plant is ready to go with large buds that are starting to loosen.
It’s time to get this tree out of this box and into a ceramic pot… but, oh man, wouldn’t it be cool if we could remove the sides on ceramic pots as easily as we can for a wooden box.
Well, that doesn’t…
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