Privet shrubs are classic and opulent flowering ornamentals with highly sought-after foliage and form! These hardy, adaptable, and gorgeous varieties will define and enhance any yard or garden with ease!
The common name Privet came about in the first century from the Roman author and naturalist, Pliny the Elder. Privet shrubs are native to Europe, Northern Africa, and Central Asia, and many varieties are used as herbal medicine and in flower arrangements.
Oval-shaped medium-green leaves feature an eye-catching yellow underside, and highly scented summer blooms attract a bevy of pollinators. The flowering Privet (Ligustrum) has a fine texture and takes to shearing well, growing together to form a solid screen.
Either sheared formally or left to grow their tidy natural manner, unpruned Privet can form bird-friendly berries in the fall!
Either broadleaf evergreen, semi-evergreen, or deciduous (usually in cooler climates) Privet are ornamental shrubs. Privet bushes became popular in Britain during World War II when iron gates and railings were confiscated for armament manufacture.
A Hedge is any type of living boundary comprised of bushes or shrubs. While you can create a hedge from many types of plants, the flowering Privet shrubs in the genus Ligustrum are among the most popular for this application!
The most popular applications for these shrubs include:
Find easy-care, fast-growing Privet hedges for many USDA planting zones 4 through 9 at Nature Hills! Chinese privet hedges do very well in southern climatic zones and keep leaves all year around in Zones 6-9.
All of these fragrant flowering plants feed pollinators and the later emerging berries feed birds while the dense branching provides amazing cover and nesting sites!
Privet tolerate windy, exposed sites and heavy pruning, performing well in urban settings where there is pollution or poor soil. Privet hedge is suitable for shaded areas, but will not do well in heavy, wet soils. Mulch your new installations well, keep them weeded to reduce competition, and water them regularly during their first year.
Privet may be pruned at just about any time of the year between late spring and mid-autumn and it can be pruned or sheared 2 or 3 times a year with no harm to the plant. Privet hedges can also be cut back severely and recover quickly.
Privet is ideal for topiary and you can use electric shears to create informal or other shapes.
Pruning makes Privet vigorous and the regrowth is denser after each trimming. Privet will create new growth in former leafless areas when the sun hits it.
Learn more about pruning your Privet shrub or hedge in our #ProPlantTips For Care Garden Blog!
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