Ligustrum vulgare - Common privet

Common privet (Ligustrum vulgare) is an evergreen shrub widely used for clipped hedges and screening. It has no known edible use, and its blue-black berries are mildly poisonous.

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Medicinal use¹
• Dye¹

Type

• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Hedge¹
• Wildlife habitat¹
• Fire resistance²³

Footnotes

1. Ligustrum vulgare | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹²

2. Fire Retardant Flora, Glen Forrest Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade, adapted from “Trees and Plants for Bush Fire Prone Areas,” Fire and Emergency Services Authority (Western Australia), 2002, listed as Privet ↩

3. Fire Resistance of Plants Master Database, Bureau of Land Management / College of Western Idaho Horticulture / Idaho Botanical Garden, listed as Ligustrum vulgare — Common Privet, Fire Resistance Score 5/10 ↩