Ligustrum ovalifolium 'Aureum'
Common name: 
Golden Privet
Pronunciation: 
li-GUS-trum oh-val--i-FO-li-um
Family: 
Oleaceae
Genus: 
Ligustrum
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Broadleaf semi-evergreen shrub, grows rapidly to 15 ft (4.5 m), often sheared to a hedge.  Leaves simple, opposite, 2.5-6 cm long, elliptic-ovate to elliptic-oblong, entire, bordered with yellow-gold with a green center.  It often reverts to fully green shoots.
  • Sun.  Tough plant, tolerates heat.  Well watered and fed plants hold leaves longest.
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 7      Native to Japan.
  • ovalifolium: refers to oval leaves.
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