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Privet Excelsum Superbum in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

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]

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plant Features
  • Privet Excelsum Superbum likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Privet Excelsum Superbum likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Privet Excelsum Superbum is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Privet Excelsum Superbum likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Privet 'Excelsum Superbum'

Latin name

Ligustrum Lucidum 'Excelsum Superbum'

type

Trees or Shrubs

family

Oleaceae

ph

5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Privet Excelsum Superbum likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Privet Excelsum Superbum is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Privet Excelsum Superbum likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Privet Excelsum Superbum likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
  •  
    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Privet Excelsum Superbum is 3.50meters x 3.50meters 3.50 M 3.50 M

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)

 
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