General Culture:
Grow in average, dry to medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Tolerates wide range of soils. If grown as a hedge, shear plants early and often to encourage dense branching. Specimen plants require very little pruning.
Noteworthy Characteristics:
This privet hybrid is an upright, dense, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub which grows somewhat rapidly to 8-12' tall. Can be sheared to any height, however. Features elliptic-ovate, glossy green leaves (to 2.5" long) and panicles (to 4" long) of aromatic, tubular-shaped, dull white flowers in late spring. Flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies. Flowers are followed by small, dark, somewhat persistent, berry-like fruits. This hybrid is a cross between L. ovalifolium and L. obtusifolium, and very closely resembles L. ovalifolium except young shoots and midribs of leaf undersides are pubescent.
Problems:
No serious insect or disease problems.
Uses:
Formal (clipped) or informal hedges. Screens. Shrub border.
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