Texas privet will also need regular pruning to stay at five feet although it does not grow as rampantly as glossy privet. California privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium) is actually native to Japan.

While Japanese privet also grows to 20 feet, its Texas privet cultivar (Ligustrum japonicum ‘Texanum’) grows half that size and is the most popular selection for a low to medium size hedge.

North Texas Master Naturalist Julie Collins of Dallas cleared some Chinese privet from the Buckeye Trail on Saturday. The troop moves along a muddy path, tools in hand. Behold, the enemy. "There's ...

Privet plants (Ligustrum spp.) are flowering semi-evergreen shrubs commonly grown as hedges, which can also be grown as small, bushy trees depending on the specific variety. It handles most soils ...

Privet, is a deciduous shrub growing to 2-7 m tall, with densely hairy shoots. The leaves are opposite, 2-7 cm long and 1-3 cm broad, rarely larger, with a smooth leaf edge and a 2-8 mm leaf stem.

Texas' most invasive plant: Japanese privet should be removed By Neil Sperry , Contributor Dec 23, 2022 Brown patch is a cool-weather disease, but if the lawn is otherwise healthy, no action is ...

Q • I have a vigorous old privet hedge that has become too overgrown in recent years. I would like to cut it way back and start anew. My questions ...

When I was a nipper, a privet hedge divided us from the garden next door. It’s a neglected plant nowadays, but it is still useful and does not succumb to the blight to which box is a martyr.