Encouraging golden privet shrub growth. Published: Aug. 26, 2007, 6:04 p.m. By . bdegroff; Q: All eight of our golden privet have done fantastic for the last three or four years.

This mid-sized shrub reproduces quickly and grows well just about anywhere and in a large range of sun and soil conditions. Be sure that you never purchase Chinese privet or bring it to your yard ...

For privet, a shrub-like hedge that can reach tree-size heights, Stiles recommends cutting the plants to stumps in April or May. Those stumps will re-sprout by the fall, around October, which is ...

KISMA focuses mainly on the border privet (Ligustrum obtusifolium), amur privet (Ligustrum amurense), and hybrids of the two. Common identifying characteristics include: woody shrub that grows around ...

The Monell team sought an alternative source. Enter the privet (Ligustrum vulgare), a common fast growing, semi-evergreen shrub in the olive family, which could provide a low-cost and more ...

Arriving in the mid-1800s from China, the fast-growing shrub was utilized as hedges in many landscapes. Unfortunately, these early plantings evolved into one of the worst invasives in the Southeast.

The shrub can set seeds, which germinate occasionally, but it has not become invasive in Arkansas. It can be nipped back in the northern tier of counties during cold winter weather.

You've never seen a shrub like this before. 'Sunshine' privet (Ligustrum sinense) is more straightforward to confine than the common privet, which has a sprawling nature. Privet is infamous for ...

IN THE GARDEN: Mystery shrub is wax ligustrum, not the undesirable privet. May 13, 2023 at 1:31 a.m.

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

Burning bush shrubs may appear pretty in the fall, when their leaves turn a blazing bright red. But they also are pretty invasive, and this year they earned a spot on Pennsylvania’s list of ...