What are the nicknames for privet?

A nickname for privet.

Pointed leaf privet, also known as ash tree, holly, wax tree, female Zhen, Zhen wood, general tree.

The growth habits of privet

Ligustrum lucidum has good cold resistance, moisture resistance, warm and humid climate, light and shade tolerance. It is a deep-rooted tree species with well-developed fibrous roots, fast growth, strong sprouting ability, resistance to pruning, but not resistant to barren.

It has strong resistance to air pollution, strong resistance to sulfur dioxide, chlorine, hydrogen fluoride and lead vapor, and can tolerate high dust and smoke pollution.

It can withstand the low temperature of-12 ℃, but it is suitable for planting in humid, leeward and sunny places, especially in deep, fertile and humus-rich soils.

The floral language of privet

The fruit of Ligustrum lucidum has the characteristic that it will not fall from the branch all winter. When birds have no feed and are hungry, the fruit of holly is just enough to sustain life. Therefore, the flower language of holly is life.

The value of privet

Ornamental value: privet can be planted alone or in clusters in the courtyard, and can also be used as a street tree. Because of its strong adaptability, fast growth and resistance to pruning, it is also used as a hedge. Generally, it can be formed after 3 to 4 years to achieve the effect of isolation.

Medicinal value: after 24 hours of impregnation, Ligustrum lucidum leaves can be distilled to extract fragrant holly oil, which is often added to sweets and toothpaste.

Common varieties of privet

1. Tall privet / holly

Large evergreen shrubs or trees, with grayish brown bark, smooth and indehiscent. Leaves 8-12 cm long, leathery luster, Lingdong green, with dust anti-smoke function, can absorb sulfur dioxide, adapt to factories and mines, urban greening, is one of the rare northern evergreen broad-leaved trees.

2. Big leaf privet (big leaf privet ball / big leaf privet tree / Dafeng big leaf privet base variety)

Deciduous or semi-evergreen shrubs, branches diffuse, branchlets pubescent. Leaves thinly leathery, elliptic to Obovate-oblong, glabrous, apex obtuse, base cuneate, entire, margin slightly revolute; petiole pubescent. Conical tidbits; flowers white, aromatic, sessile, Corolla lobes as long as tube; anthers beyond Corolla lobes. Drupe oval, purplish black. Florescence 7m / m-August.

3. Ligustrum lucidum (Ligustrum lucidum)

The leaves of Ligustrum lucidum are golden, especially in spring and autumn. Ligustrum lucidum is fond of light, poor negative tolerance, medium cold tolerance, strong adaptability and lax requirements for soil, but the loose, fertile and winding sandy soil is the best. It is used for the combination of words or patterns in Greenland Square, and can also be used for small courtyard decoration.

4. Red leaf privet (purple leaf privet)

Small evergreen trees, simple leaves opposite, branchlets slightly velutinous, leaves ovate, ovate to ovate-oval, thin leathery, leaf shape very similar to lobular privet, stronger sprouting power, and faster growth, vigorous growth, its new shoots and tender leaves are purple-red, in contrast to the old leaves, feel bright and dazzling. If it is pruned several times, the new branches are dense, and the whole crown is purplish red, which is more gorgeous and moving in the green plant association. After the beginning of winter, the whole plant is purple-black again, which is more conspicuous in all things.

5. Flower and leaf privet

Deciduous or semi-evergreen shrubs, branches diffuse, branchlets pubescent. Leaves thinly leathery, elliptic to Obovate-oblong, glabrous, apex obtuse, base cuneate, entire, margin slightly revolute; petiole pubescent. Conical tidbits; flowers white, aromatic, sessile, Corolla lobes as long as tube; anthers beyond Corolla lobes. Drupe oval, purplish black. Florescence 7m / m-August.

6. Red fruit privet (red fruit holly)

Distributed in alpine areas of 1500 meters in Luoxiao Mountains, evergreen shrubs or small trees, 5-7 meters high, twigs and pedicels purplish red, leaves oval, 6-8 cm long, 3-4 cm wide, lavender red. In the area with good microclimate in Beijing, it can be cultivated in the open field and is resistant to sulfur dioxide, chlorine and hydrogen oxide. The growth is normal in the alkaline soil with PH value of 8-9.