Ligustrum vulgare - wild privet
Ligustrum vulgare - wild privet
Other names:
Wild privet
Common Privet
Prim
Family - Oleaceae | Genus - Ligustrum
Flower:
May - August
Soil:
Good drainage
Loam, Sand, Chalk
Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
Height:
Up to 4m
Width:
Up to 4m
Identifying Features:
Deciduous
Small white flowers
About
The Privet is used as a low maintainece hedge and also grows wild across the across most of the UK. It is a very common semi-evergreen andis themain food of the Privet hawk-moth, along with providing cover for a lot of other wild life.