Features and Growing Tips

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Landscape Qualities

Ibolium Privet is a dense multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape | but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

Ornamental Qualities

Ibolium Privet features showy panicles of fragrant creamy white tubular flowers at the ends of the branches from late spring to early summer. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The glossy pointy leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.

Planting and Growing

Ibolium Privet will grow to be about 12 feet tall at maturity | with a spread of 8 feet. It has a low canopy | and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a fast rate | and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years.

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist locations | and should do just fine under average home landscape conditions. This plant does not require much in the way of fertilizing once established. It is not particular as to soil type or pH | and is able to handle environmental salt. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.

Plant Facts

Prefers full sun to partial shade

Keep moisture level dry to moist

12'Hx8'W

Flowers are cream

Flowers from late spring to early summer

Attracts bees; butterflies

Known to be safe

Tolerates wet ground.