| Name | Ligustrum 'Box Leaf Privet' remove | Pittosporum 'Perfect Pillar' remove | Hedera 'English Ivy' remove |
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| Description | A box hedging plant for the difficult garden. Box Leaf Privet are a great option for tall, narrow, non-flowering hedges.
• Grows in any soils providing it's moderately draining
• Does not like shady areas but will tolerate drought and frost
• Fast growing | Pittosporum tenuifolium
Perfect Pillar is a bushy, dense, fast growing Pittosporum with a neat rounded habit and glossy pale-green foliage. Although brown, the flowers are quite insignificant but offer a honey smell during Spring. Perfect for screening and hedging. Grows to 3-4m in height and 3m wide. | Hedera helix
English Ivy is a hardy, evergreen vine/groundcover, with attractive creamy white-variegated green leaves. As a vine, it attaches itself by aerial rootlets to masonry walls and other surfaces such as tree trunks. Spreads approximately 3m. Fantastic for both pots, hanging baskets and containers. |
| Content | Why buy Box Leaf Privet?
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Box Leaf Privet is one of the most popular hedging plants as it grows all year round, it will grow in almost any soil or conditions, and if it is kept trimmed it looks as good or better than English Box. Box Leaved Privet loves hot sunny positions (they don’t do well in a shady corner) and almost any soil as long as it is moderately well drained.
To create a dense bushy low hedge or border you only need to plant 4 plants per metre. Box Leaf Privet loves plenty of water, regular fertilising and regular trimming. Given these are provided, you will find that you can create a dense fine traditional or English Box style border in just one full growing season with very little cost.
- Great for hedging and low borders
- Fast growing
- Drought and frost tolerant
Chris says: “For a fast growing box hedge that is versatile and hardy, you can’t go past the Box Leaf Privet. This attractive border plant is drought, salt AND frost tolerant and will grow in both full sun or part shade. It is a fantastic alternative that will look just as good if not better than the English Box. ”
Check out our Box Leaf Privet fact sheet for more info.
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| Additional information |
| botanical-name |
Ligustrum undulatum
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| height-x-width |
Up to 1.2 metres, or trimmed lower, can grow a 2-3foot hedge in 12 months
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| planting-distance |
For border: 4 per metre For dense bushy hedge or border
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| features |
Rich green lush foliage, which will give a traditional style finish but grow very quickly
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| conditions |
Will grow in very poor or heavy soils, full sun to part shade, trim regularly to promote bushy growth and maintain formal shape
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| landscape-use |
Low borders and medium hedges, excellent for formal landscapes or edging and topiary
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| Sunshine |
Full Sun, Part Shade
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| Fertilise Me |
November, October, September
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| Fertilizer Frequency |
Annually
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| Flowering |
No
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| Fragrance |
None
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| Fruit / Seed |
No
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| Growth Speed |
Fast
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| Leaf Drop |
Evergreen
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| Origin |
New Zealand
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| Other Common Names |
Kohuhu, Tawhiwhi
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| pH |
Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
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| Plant Type |
Shrub
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| Soil Type |
Loam, Loamy – Clay, Sandy – Loam, Well drained
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| Tolerances |
Pollution Tolerant, Poor Soil Tolerant, Frost Tolerant, Salt Tolerant, Heat Tolerant, Drought Tolerant
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| Water Requirement |
Low
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| Max Height |
3m
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| Max Width |
3m
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| Toxic To |
Non-toxic
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| Prune Me |
3-5 times a year
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| Planting Distance |
1 per metre
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| Size Maintained at |
1.5m
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| Uses |
Hedging & Screening
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| Foliage Colour |
Green
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| Botanical Name |
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Perfect Pillar'
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