Ligustrum Japonicum Excelsum Superbum

This plant blooms in late spring to early summer 2 3 weeks later than ligustrum japonicum. Devoid of down in all its parts.

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Ligustrum japonicum excelsum superbum

It is also tolerant of drought dry conditions and alkaline soils. Stalk 1 3 to 1 2 in. A multi stemmed shrub perhaps forming a hedge should be pruned annually to encourage bushy growth.

Training as a clear stemmed tree should start with the selection of a leader stem. Ligustrum lucidum and the variegated cultivar excelsum superbum have gained the royal horticultural society s award of garden merit. Ligustrum japonicum known as wax leaf privet or japanese privet japanese.

Ligustrum japonicum variegated the latin name is ligustrum lucidum excelsum superbum and it is also commonly known as japanese privet and is one of our most popular shrubs. Ligustrum lucidum excelsum superbum this is the variegated version of ligustrum lucidum so below i ve cut and pasted an edited version of what i wrote on that subject in square brackets. This one is the same except.

Leaves narrowly oval or ovate from 3 to 6 in. Ligustrum lucidum excelsum superbum can be left to as a multi stemmed shrub or trained with a central leader and clear stem. This shrub is drought tolerant provides for excellent screening and tolerates severe pruning.

Wide tapering at the base long pointed glossy dark green above. Long 1 to 21 2 in. It is widely cultivated in other regions and is naturalized in california and in the southeastern united states from texas to virginia.

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