(Kostenlos herunterladen) North Privet Privacy Hedge

They do not seem to be troubled by the pollution in urban settings plus they are salt tolerant plants making them a good choice for a hedge along a street.

North privet privacy hedge. Individually they tend to grow in a pyramidal shape but with yearly shearing they can take on any shape your imagination can fathom. They are typically used in large quantities to create a privacy screen that is absolutely unparalleled. While ligustrum vulgare was once the most common type of privet planted it has lost popularity to some of the more ornamental varieties such as japanese privet l. The privet is the quintessential or at least the most familiar privacy hedge plant. Used for ages as a hedge this handsome shrub won t disappoint. The north privet hedge ligustrum x ibolium is america s fastest growing deciduous hedge. The privet shrubs cold hardy enough to be grown in the north are used almost exclusively to form hedges or topiaries.

Formal privacy hedge trees need to be sheared and shaped every year to look neat and tidy and to form a perfect hedge. The north privet grows to a height of 8 12 and a spread of 4 6 at maturity. Privet hedges tolerate heavy pruning. It grows quickly prunes nicely and has flowers that lead to fruit clusters that last through the winter. Occasional pruning if any may help to provide a little shape to your hedge but it is not required.