New and Unread Tree-Mails
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Privet |
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Border privet |
| Plant Habit: | Shrub |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 7b |
| Plant Height: | 8 to 12 feet |
| Plant Spread: | 12 to 15 feet |
| Leaves: | Good fall color Semi-evergreen Deciduous |
| Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds Other: Small green drupes, maturing to dark bluish-black color. |
| Fruiting Time: | Fall Other: Ripen in fall, persist into winter. |
| Flowers: | Showy Fragrant Other: Considered slightly malodorous to some individuals. |
| Flower Color: | White |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer |
| Underground structures: | Taproot |
| Uses: | Windbreak or Hedge Will Naturalize |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds |
| Resistances: | Pollution Drought tolerant |
| Pollinators: | Various insects |
| Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Sep 13, 2018 1:36 PM The Border privet comes from Japan and has been commonly planted in the northern US. This species grows in the most broad, horizontal habit among privets, and the dwarf variety of regelianum can actually be called graceful. The 1 to 2.5 inch leaves are medium to dark green and not glossy. The twigs are green and very hairy when young. The black fruit is dull. The flowers and fruit are borne in an axillary manner, not terminal. It is still used as a sheared hedge. Like other privets, it can escape cultivation by birds eating the berries. [ Reply to this comment | |
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