Wax Ligustrum Shrub

The large shrub or tree features lush dark green leaves and large clusters of creamy white flowers in the spring that last through summer.

Wax ligustrum shrub. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 7 through 11 and does well in urban. The wax ligustrum plant is a strong and sturdy plant that is low maintenance and will tolerate a variety of soil types. Plant them as hedges foundation plants patio trees or in shrub borders. Long relied on for their use in low maintenance hedges ligustrum shrubs commonly called privet shrubs ligustrum spp are hardy in u s.

Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 3 through 11 depending on the variety. Texanum is a popular cultivar. Ligustrum plants also known as privets tolerate a wide range of conditions and are among the easiest shrubs and small trees to grow. Sinense are absolute garbage that belong in a privy.

Other privets are more mannerly like japanese privet ligustrum japonicum that presents as a compact evergreen bush growing to 10 feet in usda zones 7b through 10 an ideal hedge plant that responds well to shaping. Commonly known as wax leaf privet for its glossy evergreen foliage the tough but forgiving shrub works equally well sculpted into topiaries trained as a small tree or grouped as a flowering hedge. Wax leaf privet ligustrum japonicum also called japanese privet comes from japan but it grows in u s. Early spring and fall are the best planting times for wax leaf ligustrum to give roots time to grow into.

Variegated leaves marked by gray green mottling and cream silver edges may be seen in the cultivars jack frost silver star. Ovalifolium and chinese privet l. The wavy leaves are a few inches long. Hardy in zones 7 to 10 it grows 6 to 12 feet tall with a spread of 6 to 8 feet and has fragrant flowers.

Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 8 through 10 find much to admire in japanese ligustrum ligustrum japonicum. Because of their versatility and undemanding nature they are used extensively in home landscapes. Wait until your shrub is about 4 feet tall to begin the tree forming process. Japanese or wax privet l.

At that time start at the base of the plant by removing the lateral branches growing from trunk s. Japonicum have some use in the landscape as limbed up trees but the small leaf hedging types such as california privet l. I ll admit that some of the broadleaf species such as waxleaf privet ligustrum lucidum and japanese privet l.