Privet

By LoveToKnow

Privet (Ligustrum) - The meanest of all mean shrubs, I think, but popular beyond all others, its weed-like facility of increase making it dear to those to whom something growing with a fungus-like rapidity is a treasure. It is not only that Privets are poor in themselves, and as a rule without beauty of leaf or flower, but it is the number of beautiful shrubs they shut out, millions being annually sold to take the places of better things, and helping to kill the few that are planted near them or among them. The commoner sorts have no beauty whatever, and they all have the same vile sickly odour in summer days when they flower. Happy in the possession of the finest hedging and fencing plants of the northern world, Quick, Holly, Box, Yew, and Sweet Brier, nurserymen and jobbing gardeners make hedges and fences with these wretched Privets, fences which have the one poor quality of rapid growth, but which a man, let alone a beast, could walk through without effort. I have seen whole towns like Leicester with miles of these poor hedges, and they are even to be seen in pretentious show places, where one would expect people to know what a real fence meant. Rich in native and other covert plants, I have seen the Privet recommended as a covert plant, for which it is useless beside the beautiful covert plants we have-Furze, Sloe, Sweet Brier, Juniper, and Wild Brier Rose-and above all things recommended as a covert plant near water, for which Nature has given us the most fitting of all in the spiry-leaved trees of the Willow and Dogwood order, of which there are many kinds. As to beauty, the wildest Briers that vex our legs and sometimes our faces, have far more beauty, whether of leaf, form, flower, or fruit. The land which has given us so many beautiful trees and shrubs and flowers, America, has nothing to do with the Privets, which are inhabitants of Asia and Europe, including China and Japan. Some of the species are evergreen, some summer leafing, and others in our mild climate hang between the two, and keep their leaves, except in very severe winters. They are all too quickly propagated by cuttings, and there are tropical species not hardy in England. The gain of the rapidity of growth of the Privet is more apparent than real, as it simply leads to equally quick decay if used as a fence plant or in any other way. The true fence plants, when fairly treated and put in the open in good condition, as all fence plants should be, are not by any means slow growers. Holly in good soil will grow 2 feet in a year.

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Ligustrum Coriaceum
Ligustrum Coriaceum - A distinct and curious species from Japan, evergreen, dwarf, and bushy, from 2 to 5 feet high, with thick leathery leaves, of stiff habit, and flowers in white panicles with the sickly odour of the tribe. It might have some use among dwarf bushes on banks.

Ligustrum Ibota
Ligustrum Ibota - A shrub from 5 to 8 feet high or more, of free habit and form, blooming freely in summer. The white flowers in spikes followed by dark berries. A native of China and Japan. Syn. L. amurense.

Ligustrum Japonicum
Ligustrum Japonicum - A good evergreen kind, rather dwarf and shrubby, with pointed leaves 2 to 3 inches long, leathery, and of a deep green with straggling panicles of flowers. Syn. L. Sieboldi.

Ligustrum Lucidum
Ligustrum Lucidum - One of the best for erect and bold growth, growing 10 feet high or more, with firm lustrous leaves, 5 to 6 inches long by over 2 inches wide, and bold panicles of flowers 6 inches long in summer and autumn. It is a native of China, where it forms a tree. A variety, L. Alivoni, has longer leaves, and there is a variegated variety. Syn. L. sinense latifolium.

Ligustrum Ovalifolium
Ligustrum Ovalifolium - One of the most popular varieties, and much used for forming hedges, as it retains its foliage through the winter better than the commoner Privet, but it is without much character as a shrub. There is a yellow variegated variety which is also very popular, but less showy as it gets old.

Ligustrum Quihoni
Ligustrum Quihoni - A Chinese Privet of a wiry dwarf character, with small leaves, and the branches covered with a purple down; flowering freely and rather showily.

Ligustrum Sinense
Ligustrum Sinense - Not quite hardy on cold soils, but one of the best species, preferring a dry soil and flowering freely and rather handsomely on warm soils. It bears many purple berries, and it is a tall species, often attaining a height of 15 feet. China.

Ligustrum Vulgare
Ligustrum Vulgare - This is the kind generally used for hedges and arbours, standing all illtreatment in town and suburban gardens, and growing pretty well where nothing else will grow, but not worth having anywhere. It bears dark purple fruit like most of the kinds, and there are several varieties of it, especially variegated ones of little value.

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Stablo Ligustrum lucidum (eng. Privet tree) sjemenke

cijena: 20 kn
Manje stablo koje se oblikovanjem moe formirati i u grm, visine po elji. 10 sjemenki - 20kn. Vazdazeleno stablo, koje obilno cvjeta bijelim cvatovima. Plodovi su plavo ljubiaste bobice koje se jako dugo zadravaju na stablu. Vrlo je dekorativno. Dobro podnosi niske temperature. Ovo stablo spada u rod Kalina (lat. Ligustrum sp.) i jedino je stablo u tom rodu. Sve ostale vrste su grmovi. Porijeklom je iz Kine. za info i narudbe aljite na e-mail: super.sjemenke@gmail.com Samo navedete adresu, te koje sjemenke elite i isti ili sljedei dan e biti poslane. Plaanje pouzeem. Zadarska Tel: 095 8015652

Form: large shrub or single-stemmed tree, open, less dense than L. japonicum Seasonality: evergreen Size: 3-12ft, spread varies with training; taller if trained as tree Leaves: simple, opposite, ovate to lancolate, 36in long, end point curves backwards; when held up to light leaf margin is transparent Flowers: perfect, creamy white, in pyramidal clusters; blooms later than L. japonicum Fruit: terminal, smaller than pea, blue-black, poisonous Stems/Trunks: gray Range/Origin: Korea, China, Japan Hardiness: to 0F LANDSCAPE VALUE:
Ligustrum lucidum trained to tree form

large informal or formal hedge specimen tree (with training)

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS:

Exposure: full sun to part shade

Water: not an arid-adapted plant, takes the heat but needs regular watering Soil: deep, uniform, amended, good drainage Propagation: vegetative cuttings Maintenance: moderate; pruning to tree or hedge shape as desired

NOTES: old traditional landscape plant susceptible to Texas root rot leaves generally larger than L. japonicum, also thinner and softer the thicker leaves of L. japonicum, snap when bent, L. lucidum leaves just bend

leaves and flower buds on branch terminal

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