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  • LIGUSTRUM
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    LIGUSTRUM

    Commonly known as Privet

    In the olive family.

    Genus of about 45 species of deciduous, semi-evergreen, or evergreen shrubs and trees found in woodland and thickets in Europe, North Africa, the Himalayas, southwestern and eastern Asia and Australia.

    The native, L. vulgare, is a valuable wildlife plant being the food source of the privet hawk moth caterpillar and a source of berries - poisonous to humans - for birds.

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    • Good to know
      Mostly used for hedging. The native 'vulgare' is an important wildlife plant.
    • Place of origin
      Europe, northern Africa, Himalayas, southwestern and eastern Asia, Australia.
    • Deciduous
      Semi evergreen, and evergreen shrubs and trees
    • Evergreen
    • Semi-evergreen
      Keeps some of its foliage all year, and will drop some leaves as well.
    • Hedge
      Ideal for hedging
    • Tall Shrub
    • Tree
    • harmful if eaten
      (People & Pets)
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    Varieties

    LIGUSTRUM ovalifolium
    Common green privet
     
    Pot grown
    £11.50
    LIGUSTRUM ovalifolium 'Argenteum'
    Cream edged leaves
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £13.50
    LIGUSTRUM ovalifolium 'Aureum'
    Golden privet
    Golden variegated privet
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £13.50

    Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Creates a mini-meadow for attracting bees, butterflies and bugs to your garden. 200g sachet which will cover 3 square metres. Contains Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi.
    3m²
    £7.00
    10m²
    £15.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    All-purpose organic concentrated seaweed feed that is a ready to use, derived from sustainable harvested kelp, that can be used on all outdoor and indoor plants, except acid loving plants. Perfect used in conjunction with Rootgrow™.
    1 ltr
    £8.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    This specially adapted Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi will boost the growth of acid-loving plants like rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers and blueberries. It contains ericoid and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, which are found in poor acidic soils where ericaceous plants naturally grow.
    200g sachet
    £8.50
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