10x Bare Root Privet Plants (2-3ft)

Privet Hedging - Description

• Bare Root Privet Hedging Plants
• Ligustrum ovalifolium
• Common Privet
• Top Quality - Dense & Bushy Growth
• Size of Plants: 60 - 80cm
• Plant Age: 2 Year Old
• (0+2 /2 yr Hardwood Cutting)
• Number of Branches: 2
• Type: Bare Root
• Quantity: 10 Plants
• Sold in Bundles of 10 Plants
• Spacing for Hedging: 30cm Apart

Delivery - Important Note - Please Read

• We can only deliver orders of this product by Fastway couriers
• Please do not choose DPD as your courier for orders containing this item

Privet Hedging - Characteristics

• Happy in sun or shade
• Frost hardy - but can loose foliage in tough Winters
• Fast growing plant
• Benefits from pruning twice yearly

Privet Hedging - Uses

• Forms a formal hedge if clipped twice each year
• Can be grown as an informal hedge also
• Great for a fast growing hedge
• Great for privacy
• Great as a backdrop for planting schemes & herbaceous borders

Privet Hedging - Planting Instructions

Sowing Time

• Plant all bare root hedging in dormant season - October to March
• Avoid frosty conditions, where the ground is frozen

Trench Preparation

• Dig trench approx. 2.5ft wide & 1.5ft deep
• Add about 4" of well rotted farm yard manure to base of the trench
• Cover the manure with a layer of soil
• This prevents the manure 'burning' the plant's roots

Positioning Plants

• Space plants 50cm apart
• Stagger / alternate plants to create a double row
• This creates a wider & thicker hedge
• Back fill the top soil
• Be sure that the base of each plant is just below soil surface
• Compact soil in well with your foot
• Level off the soil around the plants

Handling the Plants

• Watering is essential - Both before & after planting
• When plants arrive, plant them straight away
• If you are unable to plant straight away - then 'heel them in' temporarily
• Keep plant's roots in their bag & avoid exposure to sun light
• Take care not to damage roots, bark & buds

After Care

• Watering is essential for plants to establish
  • Soak plants in basin of water prior to planting
  • Water after planting
  • If dry weather persists, water every second day
• Weeding is also essential
  • A new hedge will need to be weeded at least 3 time over the growing season
  • Weed in March, June & September
  • We recommend using weed membrane & mulch to control weeds

Pruning

• For best results Privet should be pruned twice each Summer
• Can be cut back hard each spring

Privet - Quick Facts

• Privet is very tolerant of pollution making it great for town & city planting
• Some privet plants are great for topiary including ligustrum delavayanum
• To form a thick hedge, cut the tops off the hedging plants as this encourages lateral growth
• The word 'ovalifolium' means oval foliage