Ligustrum - The first one (tf1)

I did my real first Bonsai in 1993... really. I was 11 and I didn't know anything about Bonsai trees. It was a pine, and with the help of a book I did my best efforts and keep it alive for 2-3 years :-(

So on 2017, when I bought my house, I decided to start again with Bonsai trees as a hobby. This was my first attempt, my first pre-bonsai tree.

Although those photos are from December 10, 2020 I have been taking care of it since 2017. I choosed the Ligustrum because in my home it grew like grass... an seems to support every rough condition that you can imagine. A couple of years later, reading more about Ligustrum, I realized that indeed it's a plague (ES) and is killing the native trees of my country (ES).

Anyway, the first advice I read here, that I support 100% is: start working with a local tree, a tree used to your weather and soil... so I started (again) with a Ligustrum.

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Jan 19, 2021: Original publication on dariomac.com