Ligustrum lucidum     
Glossy privet   
Oleaceae Family     

Form: large shrub or single-stemmed tree, open, less dense than L. japonicum
Seasonality: evergreen
Size: 3-12ft, spread varies with training; taller if trained as tree
Leaves: simple, opposite, ovate to lancolate, 3-6in long, end point curves backwards; when held up to light leaf margin is transparent
Flowers: perfect, creamy white, in pyramidal clusters; blooms later than L. japonicum
Fruit: terminal, smaller than pea, blue-black, poisonous
Stems/Trunks: gray

Ligustrum lucidum trained to tree form

Range/Origin: Korea, China, Japan
Hardiness: to 0°F

LANDSCAPE VALUE:

• large informal or formal hedge
• specimen tree (with training)

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Exposure: full sun to part shade
• Water: not an arid-adapted plant, takes the heat but needs regular watering
• Soil: deep, uniform, amended, good drainage
• Propagation: vegetative cuttings
• Maintenance: moderate; pruning to tree or hedge shape as desired

leaves and flower buds on branch terminal

NOTES:

old traditional landscape plant
susceptible to Texas root rot

leaves generally larger than L. japonicum, also thinner and softer
the thicker leaves of L. japonicum, snap when bent, L. lucidum leaves just bend

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