Privet - Common (Ligustrum ovalifolium) bare root hedge plants

A mature tall Common Privet hedge (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

Privet - Common (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

£2.29

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Minimum order value (all plants) is £300+VAT

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Please order plants in multiples of 25

Common privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium) is

- Suitable as a hedge plant or woodland shrub

- Non-native

- Virtually evergreen (technically semi-deciduous)

- Flowering

- Toxic to some animals in large quantities

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Our range of Common Privet bare root hedging plants (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

We have good strong privet plants which are 2 years' old (1+1 transplant specification). These plants begin life as cuttings taken from top quality mother plants in stock beds and the cuttings are then transplanted in open fields to be grown on for a further growing season, well spaced out so that each plant has plenty of nutrients and moisture.

Common Privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium) Summary

Privet hedging makes a dense, vitrtually evergreen screen and is very popular in urban settings due to its high tolerance of pollution. It is fairly fast growing so needs to be trimmed twice a year (or more often if you want to keep it very neat) and it can be cut into a formal shape. It has white clusters of flowers but generally those are trimmed off and it's not really a flowering species because of the fairly pungent scent which is not all that attractive! Because it can be grown bare root, and grows quickly, it is one of the most cost effective options for an evergreen hedge (it only loses it's leaves in very harsh winters). It is grown from hardwood cuttings off good quality mother plants, treated with heat (trade secrets!), and then the cuttings are planted out into our fields for a year or more to mature into viable bare root hedging plants.

Soil and Situation

Privet grows throughout most of Britain, on any soils other than waterlogged soil, and it tolerates coastal situations and exposed sites as well as being one of the best choices for heavily polluted cities and town. Privet is good in full sun or partial shade.

Leaves, flowers and fruit

The leaves are dark green, oval and medium sized (approx 4cm) and are quite soft which helps with mechanical hedge trimmers. Flowers are panicales of buds which open into white small flowers and then it has black berries in autumn which birds enjoy but are poisonous to humans and to animals if eaten in large quantities.

Please note – although this plant is described as “virtually evergreen” it does defoliate when lifted from our fields so is likely to be delivered without leaves.

Eventual height

Common privet would grow to about 3m if left unpruned.

Also known as Garden Privet - Oleaceae family.

Free Delivery

For deliveries of orders over £300 + VAT, (which is our minimum order value) we have free delivery to all mainland areas nationwide. If you are in the Scottish Highlands or any of the Islands, please email us or call us and we will quote you a delivery charge which we will subsidise.

All orders are despatched on pallets and will be delivered to the kerbside. We will email you to tell you when your order has been despatched and that email will contain a link so that you can track your delivery.

You can request a specific delivery date when you place your order and we will do our very best to accommodate that date but cannot be held responsible if we do not meet it.

Collections from Ross-on-Wye

You can collect your plants by arrangement with our office team. Please ring us on 01989 552028 to agree a collection date. The postcode for collections is HR9 7TF.

As a trade nursery, we normally despatch stock unbagged (packed horizontally on pallets) but we can offer two bagging options.

Bagging Options

We have two options for despatching plants in bags (you do not need to have them bagged but it is advisable if there is any delay in planting and where you have large quantities, delay in planting some is inevitable).

- Very heavy duty black bags - normally used by farmers, landowners, landscapers etc

- Co-extruded bags which are white on the outside, to reflect sunlight, and black inside, to retain moisture on the roots - normally used by foresters.

In both cases, there is a considerable labour cost to us in putting stock into bags, and then the air in the bags takes up a considerable amount of space on the pallet which means that we get many fewer plants onto a pallet compared with unbagged stock eg for 1+0 seedlings instead of approx. 10,000 plants per pallet of unbagged stock, we'd only get approx. 5,000 plants per pallet if they are bagged. There's also a significant labour cost in putting plants into bags compared with loose packing on a pallet (which is the normal method for nursery to nursery sales). Given that we pay the delivery cost on most orders, supplying stock in bags is a significant extra cost for us for some customers and hence we make a modest charge.

You can specifically request black or white bags on the website after you add plants to your shopping basket. Here is a link to the page Bagging Service for bare root plants for farms and forestry – rjtreesandhedging. Please order the same quantity as the number of plants you are buying - the pricing for bagging is per plant rather than per bag.