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    LIGUSTRUM
    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.

    Full Plant Details - Sun/Soil & other attributes
    • 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
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    Available again from NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2025
    Despatch will be anytime during November or December as stock becomes available. Bareroot hedging and roses can be delayed by unfavourable weather conditions.
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    LIGUSTRUM ovalifolium 'Argenteum'
    Cream edged leaves
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £13.50
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    Available Early Spring 2026
    Spring according to the Met office is defined as March 1st - May 31st. Therefore early spring is early March to mid-April. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    LIGUSTRUM ovalifolium 'Aureum'
    Golden privet
    Golden variegated privet
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £13.50

    Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Afterplant - Tomatoes
    AFTER PLANT TOMATO FEED Liquid Concentrate with Bio stimulant is a high potash liquid concentrate containing seaweed extract, plant derived amino acids and other nutrients specifically formulated to benefit tomatoes and greenhouse plants.
    1ltr
    £8.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Afterplant - Grow Your Own
    AFTER PLANT GROW YOUR OWN seaweed is ready to use liquid concentrate that was specially formulated be used on all edible plants.
    1ltr
    £8.50
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    Wildflower Mini Meadow
    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
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