Quick Description
A common pruned hedge and garden shrub, takes pruning exceptionally well; colorful yellow foliage all season long, an excellent color accent plant; easy to grow, handles pollution well but needs full sun for best color
Other Names: Golden Vicary Privet
What Makes it Special?
Golden Privet has attractive gold deciduous foliage on a plant with an upright spreading habit of growth. The glossy pointy leaves are highly ornamental but do not develop any appreciable fall color. It has panicles of lightly-scented white flowers hanging below the branches from late spring to early summer.
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Landscape Attributes
Golden Privet is a dense multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage.
This shrub will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and can be pruned at anytime. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Planting & Growing
Golden Privet will grow to be about 12 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 8 feet. It tends to be a little leggy, with a typical clearance of 2 feet from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years.
This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist locations, and should do just fine under average home landscape conditions. It is not particular as to soil type or pH, and is able to handle environmental salt. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.
Golden Privet
Ligustrum x vicaryi
Golden Privet
$54.00
$54.00
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Height : 12 feet
Spread: 8 feet
Sunlight: full sun
Water Usage: dry to moist
Landscape Use: Hedges/Screening, General Garden Use
Flower Color: White
Bloom Period:From Late Spring To Early Summer
Foliage Type: deciduous
Foliage Color: Yellow
Deer Resistant?: No
Spread: 8 feet
Sunlight: full sun
Water Usage: dry to moist
Landscape Use: Hedges/Screening, General Garden Use
Flower Color: White
Bloom Period:From Late Spring To Early Summer
Foliage Type: deciduous
Foliage Color: Yellow
Deer Resistant?: No
Want more info on sizes?
IndyPlants sells landscape size plant material. These often come in black nursery containers and are classified in sizes such as #2, #3, #5, etc. This correlates to the volume of the container, 2 gallon, 3, gallon, 5 gallon, etc. The bigger the number, the larger the pot, and the larger the plant. You’ll also see larger sizes such as 2” BB, 2.5” BB, 3” BB, etc. This stands for ‘Balled & Burlapped’. These plants are usually much larger and are not transported in black nursery pots. The sizing correlates to the diameter of the trunk of the tree.
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