How to Identify Privet. Privet shrubs have dense, oval, or lance-shaped, glossy green leaves. Some keep their leaves as evergreens, while others are deciduous and drop them in winter.

If you are fanatic about having a neatly trimmed hedge, one that can grow as tall as 20 feet, you will want to take a careful look at California privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium).

I have a 54-year-old privet hedge that until recently has been growing very nicely on all sides. However, in the last two years, I have noticed that the sides are not growing new stems and are gett… ...

Question: I planted a privet hedge about 10 years ago. It's at the end of its life. It's overgrown and brittle and the rabbits are having a field day.

Chinese Privet has small white flours that appear from September to December, dark purple-black berries and its leaves are small, dull green with wavy edges. What you need to know ...

The common privet is among the most grown plants in Eurasia, and is also common in the US. Their leaves have long been known for medicinal properties, with a few isolated Southern European areas using ...

On Jan. 10, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture officially added burning bush and four species of privet to the Pennsylvania list of noxious weeds.

Mr. Baer on Lucas Creek Road in the Denbigh area of Newport News recently trimmed the low hedges that frame his property. The hedges may look like they’ve been butchered but you can bet warm … ...