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Help me identify this privacy tree/hedge

Posted on 10/1/20 at 11:16 pm
Posted by NDA13112
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2005
1357 posts
Posted on 10/1/20 at 11:16 pm
Saw this walking in our neighborhood in New Orleans and think it would fit great in my backyard but I have no clue what it is. Any ideas?







This post was edited on 10/1/20 at 11:18 pm
Posted by Zappas Stache
Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Member since Apr 2009
38777 posts
Posted on 10/1/20 at 11:35 pm to
Ligustrum maybe.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
35422 posts
Posted on 10/1/20 at 11:46 pm to
They have an app that you can take a picture of the leaves and it will tell you what it is. I don’t remember the name of it though.
Posted by jfw3535
South of Bunkie
Member since Mar 2008
4681 posts
Posted on 10/2/20 at 6:03 pm to
Vibernum. I have a row of them on my back property line for privacy.
Posted by TigahTeets
Nola
Member since Dec 2018
22 posts
Posted on 10/5/20 at 2:45 pm to
Viburnum for sure! I have a dozen of these I planted a few years ago
Posted by Geauxld Finger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2005
31778 posts
Posted on 10/5/20 at 2:56 pm to
viburnum
Posted by Antib551
Houma, LA
Member since Dec 2018
948 posts
Posted on 10/5/20 at 4:39 pm to
Most definitely Sweet Viburnum. I have about 175' linear feet of them around my backyard to hide the fence. They also make the backyard have a much softer and secluded feel as opposed to the hard, exposed feeling of a 6' wooden fence.

Very slow to get started but once mature mine usually need trimming at least twice a year. They can get unwieldy quickly. I keep them about 5-6' wide and about 8-9' tall. Hedge trimmer makes quick work of shaping them up.

I battled black soot mold from whiteflies for a couple of years though. They looked really rough. I had to keep up with a systemic drench and I sprayed the foliage with Bifen (also to help keep the mosquitoes down) and Horticultural oil (really helps to release the soot mold so it can wash off in the rain). My backyard neighbor has a citrus tree that he neglected that ended up being ground zero breeding grounds. He eventually cut the tree down and my problem went away.
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