japanese privet
Japanese privet is a versatile, evergreen shrub valued in New Zealand gardens for its glossy foliage, dense growth habit, and ability to withstand shaping and clipping. Popular as both a stand-alone specimen and a hedge, Japanese privet (Ligustrum japonicum) is ideal for gardeners seeking an attractive, low-maintenance plant that delivers year-round colour and privacy. Its adaptability to various soil types and resistance to most pests make it a favourite for borders, screens, and formal topiary across the country.
Ligustrum 'Rotundifolium'
Ligustrum 'Rotundifolium' (Japanese Privet) is a hardy evergreen shrub admired for its rounded glossy green leaves and dense compact growth habit. This versatile plant is widely used in NZ gardens for hedging, screening, and formal planting where year round structure and privacy are desired. It responds well to trimming and forms a tidy attractive hedge with minimal effort. Ligustrum 'Rotundifolium' is easy to grow, tolerant of a range of conditions, and highly valued for its reliability, fast growth, and low maintenance nature.
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Acer palmatum Hanami Nishiki (Acer Hanami Nishiki)
Acer palmatum Hanami Nishiki is a stunning Japanese Maple due to its delicate foliage and small stature. Small and soft looking leaves emerge yellow-green in spring with reddish margins. They mature to a light green in summer before turning spectacular shades of yellow and orange in autumn before falling. It grows with a somewhat rounded shape to about 2.5 m tall and the same wide. Acer Hanami Nishiki makes for a magnificent specimen and is ideal for including in a mixed planting, planting to soften a bland wall, maintaining in a container or courtyard garden, planting to border an entrance, or for using anywhere the spectacular colours can be enjoyed.
