21+ Wax Leaf Ligustrum Care

Privets are most often grown as hedge plants. It can reach 12 feet in height with a spread of up to 25 feet.

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Wax leaf ligustrum care

Plant the wax leaf privet in an area with full sun or partial shade. Ligustrum texanum also known as wax leaf privet is very popular and commonly used to create a privacy hedge. You can also fertilize in summer if the plants are growing rapidly or appear to need another feeding.

The waxleaf privet has multiple curved trunks glossy evergreen leaves white flowers and blue black berries that are poisonous. Produce your own bareroot cuttings by taking semi ripe cuttings in summer. Wax leaf privet ligustrum japonicum also called japanese privet comes from japan but it grows in u s.

Plant them right along a wall to create more greenery. Some of the benefits of the ligustrum is that they are drought tolerant and do not have deep roots and will not cause damage to pipes. Common or european privet ligustrum vulgare and chinese privet l.

Wide in natural form. Ligustrum care privets withstand drought but they grow best if irrigated during prolonged dry spells. Wax leaf ligustrums have 2 to 3 inch long leaves that are stiff and leathery with a glossy deep green color on top and a lighter silver gray color underside.

The wax leaf ligustrum can be grown as either a tree or a shrub. Watering needs water regularly weekly or more often in extreme heat or containers. Care the wax leaf ligustrum is a large multi stemmed broadleaf evergreen shrub that maintains a very dense symmetrical and rounded canopy.

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