Ligustrum Lucidum Flower

Ligustrum lucidum commonly called chinese privet glossy privet or waxleaf privet is an evergreen shrub or small tree that is native to southern china and korea. It can be used as a shrub for privet hedges but it s far superior in the form of a tree.

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Ligustrum lucidum flower

It is often grown as a shrub to 12 15 tall but if trained as a tree will grow much larger to 20 30 tall. Fruit is a rounded berry blue black or black in colour. This evergreen tree will reach 35 to 40 feet but can be kept lower as a big shrub.

The leaves are opposite glossy dark green 6 17 centimetres 2 4 6 7 in long and 3 8 centimetres 1 2 3 1 in broad. You can also keep it sheared into a smaller bonsai form of about 8 to 10 feet. Lucidum is an evergreen tree that grows 45 feet tall or more but you can grow it as a large shrub with frequent pruning.

The pedicel flower stalk is 1 3 mm long. Ligustrum japonicum is the green variety sometimes referred to as privet or japanese privet. Ligustrum bark is tan to gray in color with a smooth texture.

The flower heads often appear pointed. It produces large showy flower clusters and a huge crop of purple blue berries. The leaves are 4 to 6 inches long glossy dark green on both sides and less spongy than the leaves of japanese privet.

Use as low hedge as foundation planting in containers. Each flower has petals fused into a tube with four separate lobes. Ligustrum lucidum broadleaf privet is easily confused with ligustrum sinense small leaf privet.

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