



Ligustrum vulgare
Common Privet is a bushy plant that can grow tall and wide. It has shiny green leaves and small white flowers that smell sweet in the summer. This plant is often used to make hedges in gardens.
Habitat: Urban areas
The Common Privet is a dense, semi-evergreen to evergreen shrub featuring small, oval, dark green leaves. It produces fragrant clusters of tiny white flowers in summer, which later develop into shiny, spherical black berries that persist through winter.




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Common
Danger
2/5 · Low
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"Privet" might come from the word "private," because it makes great privacy hedges.
Its wood is so tough it was once used to make small tools and walking sticks!
Some privet plants can live for over 100 years, growing into small trees!
The strong, sweet scent of its white summer flowers can fill an entire garden!
Common Privet can tolerate air pollution, which helps it thrive in cities and busy roadside environments.
Common Privet has berries that, though toxic to humans, attract birds to help spread its seeds far and wide.
Apis mellifera
Drinks nectar from its fragrant white flowers.
Turdus merula
Safely consumes the privet's black berries in winter.
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Sphinx ligustri
Its large caterpillars feed on privet leaves.
Aromatic plants produce and emit fragrant volatile organic compounds, often for defense or to attract pollinators.
Flowering plants are any plants that produce flowers as part of their reproductive cycle.
A shrub is a woody plant smaller than a tree, typically with multiple stems branching from or near the ground.
Summer blooming plants produce their flowers during the summer season, often providing vibrant color when many other plants have finished.
Evergreen plants retain their foliage throughout the year, never shedding all their leaves at once.
Fragrant flowers emit a pleasant aroma, often to attract pollinators or for defense.
Fruit-bearing plants produce fruits, which are the mature ovaries of flowering plants containing seeds.
Describes plants that are particularly attractive and beneficial to a wide range of pollinating organisms.
This habitat trait indicates species that can coexist with humans in urban and suburban environments, utilizing man-made structures and green spaces.
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Danger
2/5 · Low
While Common Privet is pretty, it's best to avoid eating its berries.
200-500 cm
100-300 cm
0.5-0.8 cm
Summer
No
Moderate
Perennial
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