Plant: Nobilis - Ligustrum
Ligustrum · Ligustrum japonicum 'Nobilis'
Size: 7 gal
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More about this plant
Nobilis is a narrow, upright form of Japanese privet, an evergreen with smooth dark green leaves reaching about 8 to 10 feet tall and 3 to 5 feet wide. Creamy white flower clusters appear in late spring, followed by blue-black fruits in fall. It grows fast in full sun, tolerates drought and salt, resists deer, and is used for hedges, screens and topiary. It is considered invasive in parts of the Southeast.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 15 ft tall and 12 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 7-10
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
Nobilis is a narrow, upright form of Japanese privet, an evergreen with smooth dark green leaves reaching about 8 to 10 feet tall and 3 to 5 feet wide. Creamy white flower clusters appear in late spring, followed by blue-black fruits in fall. It grows fast in full sun, tolerates drought and salt, resists deer, and is used for hedges, screens and topiary. It is considered invasive in parts of the Southeast.
- Flowers
- Creamy white flowers in terminal panicles 2 to 6 inches long in late spring; the scent is strong and offensive to many people.
- Foliage
- Smooth, dark green evergreen ovate leaves in opposite pairs with entire margins.
- Fruit
- Small drupes, green ripening to blue-black in fall.
- Bark & stems
- Smooth gray stems with conspicuous lenticels.
- Pruning
- Tolerates heavy pruning; flowers form on new growth.
- Native range
- South East China to temperate Eastern Asia
