Privet hedge1/4/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The oval leaf privet Ligustrum ovalifolium is used for hedges, while its flexible twigs are sometimes used as cords for lashing. In addition to being cultivated to create ornamental hedges and foliage, privet is also widely used in horticulture and flower arrangements. They often have conspicuous heads of white flowers followed by black berries. They may be evergreen or deciduous, and are tolerant of different soil types. Privet is a group of shrubs and small trees of southern and eastern Asia, from the Himalayas extending into Australia. It is often suggested that the name privet is related to private, but the OED states that there is no evidence to support this. The generic name was applied by Pliny the Elder (23–79 CE) to L. Privet was originally the name for the European semi-evergreen shrub Ligustrum vulgare, and later also for the more reliably evergreen Ligustrum ovalifolium and its hybrid Ligustrum × ibolium used extensively for privacy hedging, though now the name is applied to all members of the genus. Some species have become widely naturalized or invasive where introduced. The genus contains about 50 species of erect, deciduous or evergreen shrubs, sometimes forming small or medium-sized trees, native to Europe, north Africa, Asia, many introduced and naturalised in Australasia, where only one species, Ligustrum australianum, extends as a native into Queensland. Wild privet, also sometimes known as common privet or European privet ( Ligustrum vulgare)Ī privet is a flowering plant in the genus Ligustrum. ![]()
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