I just thought I might add this to the newbies forum for any other newbies out there with a similar problem. I went away on a 10 day vacation recently and asked my neighbour to water the plants, I forgot to emphasise that my Privet bonsai was higher priority! When I came home after quite warm weather at home, the privet's leaves were all brown and withered! I gave it plenty of water and put it in a bedroom window which is partially shaded. I scraped one of the twigs and saw that it was still green underneath. After a few days I noticed a few buds and now about a week or two later its covered in buds! Phew!
The only things I did apart from watering was remove the dried out leaves (they fell off when touched anyway) and I removed some of the smaller end twigs that had turned dark brown and were dead.
The only things I did apart from watering was remove the dried out leaves (they fell off when touched anyway) and I removed some of the smaller end twigs that had turned dark brown and were dead.