"Wild" Privet
Ligustrum (
ovalifolium)?
Family:
Oleaceae
Recycle from 2008 (As of May 2
nd, not all the the bushes are this advanced, but they are coming on full force, and folks will want to know what they are.)
Look anywhere around Arkansas, and you are bound to see Privet as part of our highway underbrush. For the most part Privet is "invisible" till it blooms in May then shows us just how much of it there is. For those of us who love its fragrance, Privet is a wonderful thing. (Some folks find them
too fragrant. Oddly, They seem most potent at night when you can't see them.)
Privet is a European or Asian transplant, and invasive. But it isn't only found on the roadside. With a little pruning Privet can be "made" a tree, or more commonly, a hedge.
For
unwild uses see:
http://springhillnursery.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_66517
You can see a huge stand of "wild" Privet on the North Little Rock Hill, where Interstate 40 and Interstate 30 merge, near JFK. But its pretty much everywhere, though often mixed and merged with concurrent blooming Honeysuckle. (Honeysuckle runs yellowish, but at a distance Privet and Honey-Suckle often look alike ... Except that Privet spikes into the air, and is its own thing, rather than a vine.
For more on Privet see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privet
For more on the
Oleaceae family (which includes olives) see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleaceae
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