Description
Variegated Privet is an evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub that is 6-10′ tall and wide. It’s creamy white and green leaves make for an excellent accent plant or hedge. The best foliage will appear when planted in full sun. This plant flowers in the late spring and it’s malodorous flowers are offensive to many people. It is very vigorous and grows quickly to form a dense thicket. It is pollution and alkaline tolerant, somewhat shade tolerant, and tolerant of poor soils.
Attributes:
Genus: Ligustrum
Species: sinense
Family: Oleaceae
Life Cycle: Woody
Dimensions:
Height: 5 ft. 0 in. – 10 ft. 0 in.
Width: 5 ft. 0 in. – 10 ft. 0 in.
Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
Broadleaf Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Leaf Color: Cream/Tan, Green, Variegated
Leaf Shape: Elliptical Oblong
Leaf Length: 1-3 inches
Leaf Width: 1 inch
Leaf Description:
The 1-3 inch long oval leaves are green with gray to creamy white borders. They are opposite, simple and margins are entire.
