Botanical Name: Ligustrum lucidum
Common Name: Glossy privet
Type of Plant: dicot: tree/shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape a mostly erect plant, either single or multi-trunked; forms a full rounded canopy; bark is a light grayish tan on older branches and trunk
Height 10-20' (25')
Spread 2/3 to equal
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full or partial sun; can tolerate shaded locations
Soil tolerates most, including clay and alkaline
Hardiness hardy (zones 8, 9, 12-24); tolerates heat and wind; durable
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, opposite, ovate-lanceolate; 2-5" long, dark green and glossy above, paler beneath, leathery; petioles 1/4-1/2" long
Flowers white, tiny, aggregated in 4-8" long terminal panicles; spring-summer
Fruit a drupe: 1/4" diameter, oval, black when ripe
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
has variable usages; can be developed into a small accent tree; suitable as a small patio tree for shade; can be trained as topiary; plant is often used as a large background hedge around older homes
 
Landscape Care:
Watering an occasional soaking; plant is very drought-tolerant after established; can tolerate lawn watering if the drainage is good
Fertilizing little is needed except where heavily watered
Pruning to shape desired at anytime;head high; can be sheared
Pests/Diseases aphids, sooty mold
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: China/Japan
Family: Oleaceae

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