Wax leaf privet hedge

Pruning wax leaf privet helps control growth.

One of the best ways to get privacy from your neighbors, or to screen unwanted views is to plant a hedge. But which shrubs make the best screens? If you have a small garden, I'd like to steer you in a direction that cuts down your overwhelm:

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Wax Leaf Privet are great for hedging near patios, fence lines, pools, and anywhere thick privacy is desired. Plant these close together to optimal effect.

The Wax Leaf Privet (Ligustrum japonicum) will do great in the Southwest. It is perennial and green year-round. Grows to about 8-10 ft. tall and 5 ft. wide

Wax Leaf Privet: How to Care for Them. Wax leaf privets (Ligustrum japonicum), also called Japanese privet, grows 8 to 12 feet tall and up to 25 feet wide. It grows in either shrub or tree form with green, waxy evergreen leaves and flowers that bloom in spring and summer. Black berries follow the flowers and persist through most the season. This plant overwinters down to USDA zone 7, where the temperature stays above 10 degrees F. Knowledge of how to care for this plant give you an…

Ligustrum Japonicum (Japanese Privet) -Hedge for back wall

Wax Leaf Ligustrum

Wax Leaf Privet is a upright deciduous, occasionally semi-evergreen, shrub blooms creamy-white, fragrant flowers followed by round blue-black fruit. Its dark green and bright green glossy foliage has larger leaves compared to the Sinense. This fast grower will reach 8-10 feet high. These have dense and bushy characteristics make it ideal for a privacy screen, wind screen, hedging, and small tree, while adding great color to your garden. This low-maintenance evergreen needs a regular water…

Follow the link to learn how to grow this fast growing shrub that grows as wide as tall and it also fairly cold-hardy.

An impressive fence does provide a welcome sense of privacy. Although even the nicest ones can have the unfortunate effect of shouting "keep out". Tall, thick, and dense evergreen shrubs on the other hand, also provide that sense of solitude but do so with a leafy whisper. Here are our favorites for all zones.

Discover the secrets to cultivating thriving Privet shrubs! Learn about Ligustrum spp. care, including pruning, watering, and soil tips for lush, vibrant hedges and landscaping.

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Laurel Hedging, Cherry Laurel 3/3.5m Super Wide – Luxurious, Mature Evergreen Hedge for Maximum Privacy and Impact Cherry Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus), renowned for its robust, fast-growing nature, is the ideal choice for creating a striking, mature hedge that offers exceptional privacy and year-round coverage. The 3/3.5m Super Wide specimens are expertly shaped and pruned to provide an expansive, dense screen that immediately enhances the landscape. With its rich, glossy foliage and large…

Tolerant of the lowcountry growing condition, generally pest free, and deer tolerant.

Tips for how to plant a privet hedge

LIGUSTRUM JAPONICUM TEXANUM – Wax Leaf Privet Characteristics Wax leaf privet is a useful variety of the evergreen shrub or small tree, Japanese privet,…

With richly-hued, glossy evergreen foliage that can be shaped to your needs, the Waxleaf Privet Hedge defines versatility that’s delivered effortlessly. Especially since this adaptable hedge responds well to regular pruning into formal topiaries, clipped hedgings or even small standalone trees.

Ligustrum, Ligustrum japonicum. Classic medium sized, multi-trunked tree. Slow growing and reliable, the dark green color and glossy finish is a nice addition to the landscape. Low leaf litter and drought, frost and salt tolerant.