Ligustrum Lucidum 'Excelsum Superbum'
Privet 'Excelsum Superbum'
Fast growing dense hedging plant with medium sized fleshy leaves that are variegated green and cream, and edged with cream, and clusters of creamy-white strongly scented (unpleasant scent to some people) flowers in late summer and early Autumn, and followed by black berries. Shade tolerant. Normally evergreen but may shed leaves in very cold winters. It flowers in midsummer, the abundant white blooms producing a unique pungent fragrance, unpleasant to some. [3]They are borne in panicles. They have four curled-back petals and two high stamens with yellow or red anthers, between which is the low pistil; the petals and stamens fall off after the flower is fertilized, leaving the pistil in the calyx tube. Flowering starts after 330 growing degree days. The fruits, borne in clusters, are small purple to black drupes, poisonous for humans but readily eaten by many birds. [3] In favorable growing conditions, individual shrubs may produce thousands of fruits.[5]
Contributed by @bevkb
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Full sun to partial shade
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Very little water
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Free draining
Common name
Privet 'Excelsum Superbum'
Latin name
Ligustrum Lucidum 'Excelsum Superbum'
type
Trees or Shrubs
family
Oleaceae
ph
5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
Ligustrum Lucidum 'Excelsum Superbum'
Fast growing dense hedging plant with medium sized fleshy leaves that are variegated green and cream, and edged with cream, and clusters of creamy-white strongly scented (unpleasant scent to some people) flowers in late summer and early Autumn, and followed by black berries. Shade tolerant. Normally evergreen but may shed leaves in very cold winters. It flowers in midsummer, the abundant white blooms producing a unique pungent fragrance, unpleasant to some. [3]They are borne in panicles. They have four curled-back petals and two high stamens with yellow or red anthers, between which is the low pistil; the petals and stamens fall off after the flower is fertilized, leaving the pistil in the calyx tube. Flowering starts after 330 growing degree days. The fruits, borne in clusters, are small purple to black drupes, poisonous for humans but readily eaten by many birds. [3] In favorable growing conditions, individual shrubs may produce thousands of fruits.[5]
Planting
From Late Autumn TO Late Winter
Plant privet in Winter - any time from late Autumn to the end of Winter - at 3 plants per metre for hedging. Privet will tolerate most soils.
Flowering
From Mid Summer TO Mid Summer
Privet flowers in mid Summer, but if trimmed regularly (as a hedge) it will not flower or fruit. The flowers are creamy-white, and have a strong scent, which some people find unpleasant
Propagating by cuttings
From Early Spring TO Early Summer
Take softwood cuttings from new growth early in the day in Spring or early Summer. Cut, neatly, a 4" approx. piece of a non-flowering shoot, pinch out the tip, and cut off the bottom leaves. Dip the bottom of the cutting in hormone rooting powder, and carefully place in a pot of cutting compost with the leaves just above the level of the compost. Water, label, cover with a polythene bag, and place in a warm, bright place, out of direct sunlight. Take the polythene bag off periodically for a while for ventilation (at least twice a week)