Vicary Golden Privet Ligustrum x vicaryi
Other Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- lig-GUS-trum vi-KAR-ee-eye
- Description
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Golden Privet is a sterile hybrid with golden-yellow foliage. It will grow up to 12 feet high and 10 feet wide to provide a privacy screen or hedge. It is tolerant of a variety of soil types and is resistant to deer damage. The spring flowers are fragrant but not necessarily pleasant. The leaves change from yellow to chartreuse to reddish in the fall.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Ligustrum
- Family:
- Oleaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Woody
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- hybrid of non-native parents
- Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems):
- deer
- Dimensions:
- Height: 8 ft. 0 in. - 12 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 7 ft. 0 in. - 10 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Shrub
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Broadleaf Evergreen
- Habit/Form:
- Multi-stemmed
- Oval
- Rounded
- Vase
- Growth Rate:
- Rapid
- Maintenance:
- High
- Texture:
- Medium
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Texture:
- Clay
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Shallow Rocky
- Soil pH:
- Acid (<6.0)
- Alkaline (>8.0)
- Neutral (6.0-8.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Moist
- NC Region:
- Coastal
- Mountains
- Piedmont
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 5a, 5b, 6b, 6a, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9b, 9a
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Black
- Blue
- Display/Harvest Time:
- Fall
- Winter
- Fruit Description:
- Blue-black berry-like fruit persists into winter.
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- White
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Panicle
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Flower Shape:
- Tubular
- Flower Description:
- Creamy white tubular flowers on up to 4 inch long pyramidal panicles having an unpleasant odor. No seeds produced.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Broadleaf Evergreen
- Leaf Color:
- Gold/Yellow
- Green
- Leaf Value To Gardener:
- Showy
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Opposite
- Leaf Shape:
- Elliptical
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- 1-3 inches
- Leaf Width:
- 1-3 inches
- Leaf Description:
- up to 2.5 inch long oval golden yellow leaves mature to chartreuse to reddish in the fall. Leaves more green in the shade
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Lawn
- Design Feature:
- Hedge
- Mass Planting
- Screen/Privacy
- Attracts:
- Pollinators
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Deer
