privet shrub
The privet shrub is one of New Zealand’s favourite choices for quick-growing, versatile hedging and screening. With its dense foliage, adaptability, and strong growth habit, the privet shrub has become a classic for both formal and informal gardens. Whether you need a lush boundary, a low-maintenance privacy screen, or simply a sturdy ornamental shrub for your landscape, privets are a reliable option. This page will take you through the essentials of privet shrubs, the different varieties available, and how to select the best one for your garden.
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.
From $24.23
Pieris Pink Delight (Lily Of The Valley Shrub Pieris japonica)
Pieris Pink Delight is an attractive shrub grown for both its foliage and flowers. This compact, rounded shrub produces pink buds that open into pink, urn shaped flowers during spring. The flowers are complemented with glossy foliage that emerges bronze and matures to become lush and dark green as it grows to 75 cm tall and the same wide. Pieris Pink Delight makes for a superb specimen in a small garden or courtyard and is well suited to being maintained in a container, adding to mixed and border plantings, including in formal and cottage gardens, or for planting around outdoor living areas.
