Bring instant colour, structure, and elegance to your garden, urban space, or estate with the Ligustrum Ovalifolium Aureum Instant Hedge, commonly known as Golden Privet. Supplied in 1-meter troughs with 5 healthy plants, each 70–90cm tall with 20–25cm root balls, this semi-evergreen hedge offers immediate visual impact and rapid establishment. Its striking golden-yellow foliage with green variegation provides year-round vibrancy and contrasts beautifully with surrounding greenery. Highly resilient, pollution-tolerant, and low-maintenance, this hedge is perfect for professional landscaping projects, councils, homeowners, and developers seeking instant screening, decorative borders, or bright boundary definition. Ideal for urban gardens, driveways, parks, or estate planting schemes, Golden Privet delivers performance, beauty, and longevity in one versatile package.
Features & Benefits
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Vibrant Golden Foliage: Bright yellow leaves with green variegation create year-round visual impact.
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Semi-Evergreen: Retains most leaves in winter, maintaining structure and screening.
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Instant Hedging Solution: Supplied in 1m troughs for quick installation and immediate effect.
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Pollution Tolerant: Thrives in urban areas, roadsides, and housing estates.
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Low Maintenance: Hardy, adaptable, and responds well to pruning for neat, dense growth.
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Versatile Landscaping Use: Perfect for decorative borders, privacy screening, and front gardens.
Applications
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Decorative hedging in urban and residential gardens
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Bright screening for front gardens, driveways, and boundaries
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Housing developments and estate planting
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Parks, public spaces, and commercial landscaping
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Professional landscape design requiring instant colour and structure
Sizes & Specification
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Pack Size: 5 plants per 1m trough
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Plant Height: 70–90cm
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Root Ball Diameter: 20–25cm
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Growth Form: Bushy, semi-evergreen with golden-yellow variegated foliage
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Soil Preference: Well-drained, fertile, adaptable soils
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Light Requirement: Full sun to partial shade
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Delivery Season: Year-round (subject to availability)
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Packaging: 1-meter trough
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Ideal Uses: Decorative hedging, bright screening, front gardens, urban spaces
Planting & Aftercare
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Prepare a trench wider than the root balls and deep enough to plant level with the soil surface.
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Remove plants gently from the trough and space 30–40cm apart.
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Backfill with nutrient-rich topsoil, firm gently, and water thoroughly.
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Water regularly for the first two years, particularly in dry spells.
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Trim twice annually to maintain density, shape, and health.
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Mulch at the base to retain moisture and suppress weeds.
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Suitable for full sun or partial shade; avoid waterlogged areas.
Technical Specification
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Species | Ligustrum Ovalifolium Aureum (Golden Privet)
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Number of Plants | 5 per 1m trough
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Plant Height | 70–90cm
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Root Ball Size | 20–25cm diameter
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Growth Form | Bushy, semi-evergreen with golden-yellow variegated foliage
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Soil Preference | Well-drained, fertile soils
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Light Requirement | Full sun to partial shade
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Delivery Season | All year (subject to availability)
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Packaging | 1-meter trough
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Ideal Uses | Decorative hedging, bright screening, front gardens, urban spaces