Ligustrum obtusifolium seed

LATIN NAME: Ligustrum obtusifolium

COMMON NAME: Border Privet

Border privet is the tough, easy, small-leaved shrub of the old gardens, and it has been a familiar of the hedges and the foundation plantings for a very long time. The dense, upright branches carry the small, glossy, oval leaves, and the sprays of the small, white, fragrant flowers open through the early summer, to be followed by the clusters of the small, black, glossy berries. It stands up well to the clipping and the hard conditions, which is why it has been a favourite of the hedging for so long. It is a generous, easy shrub for the sunny or the partly shaded garden.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

Border privet has a steady place in the plant science, and the privets as a group have been studied for their tough, adaptable ways and their long history in the hedging. The dense, small-leaved growth and the way the shrub stands up to the clipping have been looked at closely, and the plant keeps showing up in the work on the hedging and the garden shrubs. The small, white, fragrant flowers and the glossy, black berries have also drawn the bees and the birds, and the plant is a regular subject of the studies of the useful and the adaptable garden shrubs.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

Border privet is grown for the hedge and the screen. The dense, small-leaved growth makes a fine, neat hedge that stands up well to the clipping, and the shrub is a dependable, easy plant for the boundary, the screen and the foundation planting. The small, white, fragrant flowers pull in the bees, and the clusters of the black berries are a fine food for the birds of the season. It has been written about in the horticultural papers for its toughness and its long history in the garden, and it is a generous, easy shrub of the sunny or the partly shaded spot.

The border privet has been a dependable hedging plant for a very long time, and the dense, small-leaved growth stands up well to the close clipping of the formal gardens. The shrub is a fine, easy choice for the boundary, the screen and the shelter, and it grows on steadily in the ordinary soil. The small, black berries ripen through the autumn and are a fine food for the birds of the season, so the plant earns its keep in the wildlife garden as well as the formal one.

The border privet is one of the hardiest of the hedging shrubs, standing up to the cold, the drought and the close clipping with the same easy good nature. The small, glossy leaves stay fresh and neat through the season, and the sprays of the fragrant, white flowers are a quiet bonus in the early summer.

To grow the border privet from seed, put the small, dark seeds in a cup of warm water and let them stand for a day, then sow them at a shallow depth in pots of moist, free-draining soil, keep them in a bright, open spot and water gently. The seedlings come up within a few weeks and grow on steadily, so pot them on as they fill the pots. A sunny or partly shaded spot will see the dense, small-leaved shrub grow on into a fine hedge or screen within a few seasons.

 

 

 

 

Name: Border Privet (Ligustrum obtusifolium) Tree/ Shrub

In nature, this plant is the inhabitant of the undergrowth, so it is unpretentious to the soil, has shade tolerance and drought resistance. Therefore, an animal can be planted in soil of medium fertility.

Only seeds are used for mass planting of planting material. Reception of stratification is used to increase seed germination and accelerate germination. When sowing under the winter, the seeds under the snow pass through a natural stratification. In this case, they germinate better. If planting is postponed until the spring, then they need a cold stratification within five or six months. In this case, the seeds are mixed with pure peat with pure peat and sand, lightly moistened and placed in a 30-centimeter layer in boxes. So they are kept until spring at zero temperature.

Seeds tend to sow in the open ground to get many seedlings at once, but if a small batch of plants is needed, then the seeds are planted in boxes that are in greenhouses with artificial heating.

At the moment of seed germination, boxes with crops are regularly watered and the seeds are covered with a substrate.

Quite often, annual shoots are planted in plastic containers (the volume of each should be 0.3-0.5 liters), filled with a fertile substrate. In each individual pot, seedlings grow 1-2 years more /

This shrub very beautifully blooms, so it is used for gardening. The berries are inedible.