Ligustrum quihoui
Chinese privet
Also known as Ligustrum brachystachyum
- Height × spread
- 2.5m × 2.5m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Flowers
- Summer, Autumn
Availability
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About this plant
This is an elegant shrub that, overall, makes a rather rounded shape, though the long slender branches reach outwards, held near the horizontal. The leaves are long and coloured a soft shiny green. This shrub flowers very late in the season, and its flower panicles are attractive, spangled with tiny, creamy white flowers that carry a sweet fragrance. It can flower as late as October though September is more likely. Shiny purple fruits follow the flowers. This can stand up to 2.5m (8ft) in height with an equivalent spread.
- Flower colour
- White
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Purple
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes, sweet-vanilla
- Shape
- Cube
- Height
- 2.5m
- Spread
- 2.5m
- Season of interest
- Summer, Autumn
- Flowers in
- Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Seaside garden, Scented garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, likes part shade, tolerates light shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Gravelly soil, Loam (normal), Sandy soil
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Wall cover, Hedge, Architectural, Butterfly attraction, Bird attraction
- Walls
- South, West facing
- Hazards
- Yes, potentially harmful; Humans: Harmful if eaten
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.
Summer
Summer - early · Outdoors
Feed a general fertiliser
Where plants have moderate needs for nutrients, they can simply be given a general feed, fairly early in the growth season so that the growth has plenty of time to harden off before the cold weather.
Give plants a general boost with the application of a general purpose fertiliser which is spread around the root area of the plant, with amounts as directed on the feed label.
Planting & general
Outdoor planting · Planting
Add root growth stimulant to the planting hole
Mycorrhizal fungi helps roots establish quickly, so they absorb water and nutrients more efficiently. It comes as a powder, granule or gel. Add to the planting hole or container, and to the plant's rootball before planting in the hole. For "bareroot" plants use a gel.
Hedges · Planting
Hazardous to animals
Don't plant this hedge on a boundary, or any position where it could be eaten by animals grazing in meadows, or otherwise left its vicinity. Some parts of the plant are poisonous.
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