Ligustrum Ovalifolium; Privet

Common Name: Privet

Latin Name: Ligustrum Ovalifolium

Type: Deciduous/Evergreen

Location: St James Church, Cheshire

Ultimate height: 2.5 – 4m

Ultimate spread: 2.5 – 4m

Located Ligustrum Ovalifolium height: 40cm

Overall shape: Rectangular hedge, trimmed. 

Leaf Shape: Oval shaped, Yellow in colour.  

Bark: Stem, Green in colour

Preferred soil type: Moist but well-drained chalk, clay, sand or loam

Fruit/Flowers: Fruit being a small berry, glossy black in colour. Flowers being small, white in colour.

Distribution: Native to Japan

This particular Ligustrum Ovalifolium is located within the gardens of a church. Used as a decorative feature, trimmed into a hedge like shape. At the feet of the plant is a top layer of small sized stones used as ground cover. There were no plants in close proximity other than differing specie of shrubs in a separate bedding. Its condition was and seemed to thrive of its nutrients. The ground conditions were slightly moist and dense. I took a sample of lower level soil and carried out soil pH tests which read to have a pH of indicating the soil to be 

My illustration of the Ligustrum Ovalifolium