Glossy privet
Ligustrum lucidum
Glossy privet,Tall-glossy Privet,Waxleaf Privet
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Description
Ligustrum lucidum is an evergreen tree growing to 10 m (33 ft) tall and broad. 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. The flowers are similar to other privets, white or near white, borne in panicles, and unpleasantly pungent.Ligustrum lucidum and the variegated cultivar 'Excelsum Superbum' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Taxonomy
Order
Scrophulariales
Family
Oleaceae
Genus
Ligustrum
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Summer
Plant Type
Poisonous, Shrub, Tree
Lifespan
Woody
Flower
Small, perfect, creamy white flowers on 5-8" pyramidal panicles bloom in the early summer. Flowers are 4-parted, tubular, in terminal clusters, and have an unpleasant odor.
Fruit
Fruits are 1/4 inch, semi-fleshy, berry-like drupes that are blue-black in color. They persist into winter.
How to Grow
Sunlight
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day), Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Benefits
Attracts
Songbirds