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Ligustrum sinense 'Variegatum'
Ligustrum, Variegated Privet
- Low Maintenance Hedge
- Drought & Heat Tolerant
- Bright variegated foliage
- Category: Trees & Shrubs
- Hardiness Zone: 7a
- Height: 6-12 Feet
- Spread: 6-10 Feet
- Spacing: 4-6 feet
- Bloom Color: White
Variegated Ligustrum Privet (Variegated Chinese Privet), is a versatile, fast-growing shrub known for its attractive green and cream-margined leaves. It thrives in the Texas landscape, offering year-round color and adaptability to various conditions. This cultivar is particularly valued for its ability to withstand pruning, making it an excellent choice for hedges, borders, and mass plantings. While it does produce small white flowers in late spring to early summer, they are often overshadowed by its striking foliage.
This variegated form of Chinese Privet is highly adaptable to different soil types and moisture conditions, tolerating everything from dry, rocky soils to wetter, low-lying areas, but still requires adequate drainage. It prefers full sun to partial shade, though the variegation is most pronounced in brighter light. It is notably heat-tolerant and drought-resistant once established, making it well-suited for much of Texas. However, in regions with extreme cold, it may experience some leaf drop.
Variegated Privet is considered invasive in some regions due to its prolific reseeding. While ‘Variegatum’ is less aggressive than the green form, it should be planted responsibly in managed landscapes where spreading can be controlled. The shrub grows to about 6–12 feet tall and 6–10 feet wide, with a moderate to fast growth rate. If used as a hedge, spacing should be around 4–6 feet apart to allow for full coverage.