{"id":1698,"date":"2017-09-12T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=1698"},"modified":"2017-09-04T21:24:16","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T01:24:16","slug":"sunshine-privet-a-great-accent-shrub-and-its-not-invasive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2017\/09\/12\/sunshine-privet-a-great-accent-shrub-and-its-not-invasive\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Sunshine’ Privet: A Great Accent Shrub and It’s Not Invasive"},"content":{"rendered":"

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‘Sunshine’ Privet (photo credit: Ball Horticulture)<\/p><\/div>\n

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‘Sunshine’ privet in Kingwood Center in Mansfield, OH<\/p><\/div>\n

For generations ligustrum (privet) had been a landscape plant in East Coast and Southern gardens. However, in several states, \u00a0privets have become declared as an notoriously invasive species . Unfortunately, you should never brand all privet cultivars the same way.<\/p>\n

Sunshine privet (Ligustrum sinensis<\/em> ‘Sunshine’) is likely to change your mind (USDA hardiness zones 6-10). This privet is sterile, e.g. this privet produces no viable flowers or fruits.<\/p>\n

It is a long-lived evergreen shrub exhibiting\u00a04-season interest. Its compact nature makes it an ideal choice\u00a0in small urban gardens. Its golden foliage also tolerates foul city\u00a0air. Along coastal areas, Sunshine privet is also salt tolerant.<\/p>\n

Sunshine privet is a terrific\u00a0accent plant. Its foliage is\u00a0strikingly golden year-round. Utilize it in containers, set some out for low hedging, or mass several around as edging\u00a0along walkways. Again, it will\u00a0not\u00a0re-seed into other areas of your landscape.<\/p>\n

Unpruned mature plants reach 3-6 feet high and 3-4\u00a0feet wide in 10 years. For best color, the golden foliage\u00a0shines in full sun; it grows in average soil that is adequately drained. Feed in early spring with a slow release fertilizer such as Osmocote\u00ae<\/strong><\/em> or Nutrikote\u00ae <\/strong><\/em>at package directions. This shrub\u00a0is also highly drought tolerant after its first season. Freshly installed dark colored mulch makes the\u00a0Sunshine privet\u00a0planting a standout.<\/p>\n

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If you are handy with a hedge trimmer, Sunshine privet can be maintained as a short\u00a0formal hedge, as low as 1 foot tall. I’ve seen it utilized in a garden railroad scene where it was clipped every 2-3 weeks. How about including it in a formal knot or quilt garden.<\/p>\n

Sunshine Privet is not troubled by disease and insect problems. In general, privets are not a favorite food of deer, but they will damage plants where \u00a0population are high.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  For generations ligustrum (privet) had been a landscape plant in East Coast and Southern gardens. However, in several states, \u00a0privets have become declared as an notoriously invasive species . Unfortunately, you should never brand all privet cultivars the same way. Sunshine privet (Ligustrum sinensis ‘Sunshine’) is likely to change your mind (USDA hardiness zones […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,299,710,144,674,645,806,1115,665,649,774,853,1284,551,843,936,1060,601,729,933,630,646,7,113,655,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1698"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1698"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9936,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1698\/revisions\/9936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}