
Privet
- Botanical Name
- Ligustrum spp.
- Min Zone
- 4
- Max Zone
- 9
- Height
- 12 to 15 feet
- Width
- 12 to 15 feet
- Flowers
- May to June: creamy white, often no flowers due to shearing
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Tolerates many soils except wet
- Planting & Care
- Transplants easily from balled and burlap or container
- Tolerates shearing and moderate salt
- Problems
- None serious
- Varieties
- Ligustrum obtusifolium var. regelianum - purple fall color, neat foliage, 5 feet
- Ligustrum x vicaryi - Vicary Golden Privet, golden yellow foliage, vase form
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