Freeze damage to waxleaf ligustrum
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Ligustrum help needed. Pruning and health
Comments (15)Whitecap, thank you so much for that info!.. I think the photo attached will show you all why I am wanting these to be screeners. I am a bit concerned now with a couple things. (1) When to prun. Reason being that you can see the one on the left is starting to lean to the right with a lot of growth. Also, the growth is like arms with leaves at the end but the arm is naked, if that makes any sense. Should I still be waiting for year two or three to do any pruning? (2) I appreciate all the info given, but I am still confused on exactly where to prun when it is time. What shape am I going for? Am I ever hurting the plant by cutting off growth? And, (3) I am starting to think these are too close together. I feel like transplanting at this point would be a disaster. Thoughts? I am going to post a second post so I can show a photo of the other side of the yard with another good example of what I am going for in the screen category, but also, these ones seem to be growing differently. Slower, smaller and have flowers. Yet. the same plant......See MoreWaxleaf privet - diseased maybe?
Comments (2)It's sunburn. This plant (Ligustrum japonicum) is vulnerable to sunburn in very hot weather, which we had for the 2nd half of August, all of September, and most of October. Totally to be expected. It will recover and new growth will cover the old, or you could individually just tip-prune off the most damaged stuff, give the plant a soak, and new growth will ensue....See MoreRE: What's so bad about Japanese privet (aka waxleaf ligustrum)?
Comments (33)I've lost 3 more privet. They were here 45 years ago. I have to replace them, but I need an evergreen shrub that can be kept narrow, grows in shale, tolerates drought and cold winters (not so cold the past few years--climate change), and is not poisonous to birds. It might have to be yew. It's tough. The drupes have a stage when they are very sweet and edible--birds and squirrels love them. They can be brutally pruned and come right back. I have yews that were here when we moved in. We have dug them up and transplanted them many times. I keep one trimmed in a 5 ft dome to keep it dense. This year blue jays nested there. My neighbor has junipers overhanging our garden where a catbird nests every year. One nested in the weigela (not native, but loved by bees and hummingbirds). We put a nest box high in the arbor vitae and wrens nest there regularly. A cardinal nests nearby but I haven't found the nest. When the privet was dense cardinals nested there. I'm in a town in an area overflowing with people and houses. This year we hosted painted lady butterflies, monarchs, viceroys, admirals, sulfurs, skippers, and small blue ones whose name I forget, along with the cabbage whites. My privet hides fledglings and adults, too, when they see a hawk. My lot is only 50'x100' and the house takes up the most room; an embankment limits our front garden but. it's loaded with life. The privet doesn't spread elsewhere. I live across the street from a river park. A privet has never shown up anywhere. Plants aren't good or bad. They just need to grow where they are wanted and leave other people's gardens alone. Love that privet....See MoreLigustrum as alternate to boxwood
Comments (6)Any containerized shrubs will have to be either moved into larger pots periodically or be taken out of them, have the outside of the roots shaved off maybe once per year in order to remain in the same tubs for extended periods. Annual pruning of roots is a basic part of the bonsai method for instance. Woody plants left in the same containers without such treatment to the point that they burst the pots apart will have been left unattended for way too long....See MoreEmbothrium
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