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Kindly® Privet Ligustrum japonicum

Flower Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Fall
Mature Size
6' 4' 1.8m 1.2m
Height: 4' - 6'
Spread: 3' - 4'
Height: 1.2m - 1.8m
Spread: 91cm - 1.2m
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  • Details

    48 - 72 Inches
    36 - 48 Inches
    36 - 48 Inches
    1.2m - 1.8m
    91cm - 1.2m
    91cm - 1.2m

    Features

    A long-time favorite with brand new conveniences. Kindly Japanese privet is a noninvasive option for healthy, easy-care hedging. Its foliage is a bright, cheerful green color that gives the entire garden a refreshing feeling. Its flowers have a lovely fragrance and spice the garden up from spring to summer.

    Top reasons to grow Kindly Japanese privet?

    • Easy care maintenance routine
    • Unexpected fragrance
    • Seedless option is more environmentally friendly than the classics
    Foliage Interest
    Heat Tolerant
    Drought Tolerant
    Resists: 
    Deer

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Shrub
    Shrub Type: 
    Evergreen
    Height Category: 
    Medium
    Garden Height: 
    48 - 72 Inches 1.2m - 1.8m
    Spacing: 
    36 - 48 Inches 91cm - 1.2m
    Spread: 
    36 - 48 Inches 91cm - 1.2m
    Flower Colors: 
    White
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Green
    Habit: 
    Upright
    Container Role: 
    Thriller

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Part Shade
    Light Requirement: 
    Part Sun to Sun
    Light Requirement: 
    Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Bloom Time: 
    Summer
    Bloom Time: 
    Spring
    Hardiness Zones: 
    7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Soil Fertility Requirement: 
    Average Soil
    Uses: 
    Border Plant
    Uses: 
    Cut Flower
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses: 
    Specimen or Focal Point
    Uses Notes: 

    Plant as a specimen or hedge. Thanks to its shiny, neat foliage it makes a very bold statement, however you use it.

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Slow growth rate makes it very easy to care for - little, if any, pruning is required.

    Although it does flower, it does not set seed. No worries about having to scout for seedlings like you may with wax-leaf privet.

    Kindly® Ligustrum japonicum 'NCLJ1' USPP 35,881, Can PBRAF
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