Ligustrum x vicaryi -- Vicary Golden Privet

ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5

11 years ago

i cant believe i want a privet.. after all the nightmares of shearing mom and dads in my teen years ...

but their neighbor has a gorgeous yellow one.. that is intensely fragrant ...

well ... weeding for mom on mothers day .. i found a small seedling...

is this the proper name??? will it come true from seed???

i will let it go free form.. still cant get over the shearing nightmares .. lol ... and use rejuvenation pruning ...

comments.. thoughts.. etc???

ken

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cearbhaill (zone 6b Eastern Kentucky)
11 years ago
I have two little Ligustrums in pots purely because I miss the ones I had in FL. I love the scent of the blooms and I especially love the smell of the wood when you prune them.
So I am growing these plants so that I can smell the cuts when I trim them in three years, LOL.

It only has to make sense to you.
aegis1000
11 years ago
Yea ... Golden Vicary Privet kind of breaks the mold.

It can get big, ... but I like it.
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still confused.. what .... are you trying top challenge me??? ... lol in FL.. with an 11.5 month growing season... its going to grow a lot more... than it would in z4 WI.. where the soil is frozen solid for 5 months.. that isnt hard ... and you are closer to WI zone-wise.. than FL .. lol ... i think your biggest problem to getting a handle on this... is that one tag could have been printed in FL .. and one in WI ... WHY ARE YOU RELYING ON SOME TAG PRODUCED BY SOME TOTAL STRANGER ...??? [and that logic would flow to un-sourced web pages also] it will grow.. as it will grow.. in YOUR garden.. in YOUR soil.. in YOUR zone.. the way it will grow ... just plant them .. and dont worry about it ... sometimes the quest for knowledge.. makes one worry too much ... so you just end up doing it ... thx for the kind words.. and good luck ken
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Georgeanne
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I received a very large cobalt-blue pot for my birthday...,it is 2 ft 4 inches high 1 ft 2inches inside diameter at the top and there is a bulging "belly" in the middle about 1 ft 8 inches inside diameter...I am thinking a lime-green plant would look good...one that is rounded since the pot itself is tall and thinish...will a Golden Vicary Privet do well in this pot??...or aGolden Nine Bark?...I live in the Cascades east of Eugene Oregon...my zone is 7 but we can have some hard freezes and we do get some snow...so I look for plants that are hardy in zone 6...looking forward to your ideas...Georgeanne
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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11 years ago
hi georgeanne..

the privet i found my babe under.. was 8 feet tall.. and 5 feet wide..

not really what i think of.. as a pot plant ...

being a privet.. it could probably be kept small thru bonsai-type pruning ...

ken

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