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Ligustrum Question
Posted on 4/15/24 at 3:13 pm
Posted on 4/15/24 at 3:13 pm
Bought a house with a row of a couple dozen ligustrum trees bordering a road on the property line. I'm sure they were planted with privacy/noise in mind but they have grown to a point where they're about 16' tall and have almost no foliage on the bottom half, and aren't doing much for privacy. If I cut them down to hedge level and stay on top of the pruning, will they fill in at the bottom?
This is basically what they look like now- think of about 25 of these in a row bordering a moderately busy road and the foliage doesn't really start until above window height. Is it possible to keep these low and filled in?
This is basically what they look like now- think of about 25 of these in a row bordering a moderately busy road and the foliage doesn't really start until above window height. Is it possible to keep these low and filled in?
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Posted on 4/15/24 at 3:26 pm to 3oliv3
It’s not going to happen rapidly. You basically have to hack them down to about 12-18” high. New growth will start out of the stumps. It will probably always look goofy and take a while to be a hedge again .
You’re better off removing and starting over again imo
You’re better off removing and starting over again imo
This post was edited on 4/15/24 at 3:27 pm
Posted on 4/15/24 at 3:27 pm to 3oliv3
I've hard pruned large ligustrums in the past and they've grown back really well. I let the same ligustrums grow for a few years without pruning, and they're looking thin at the top of the crown.
FYI - most educated landscape architects will advise against a hard prune.
FYI - most educated landscape architects will advise against a hard prune.
Posted on 4/15/24 at 3:42 pm to Bill Parker?
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FYI - most educated landscape architects will advise against a hard prune.
To me it depends on how the growth has been encouraged over the years. Constant cutting and pruning, imo, hurts the integrity of the branching. That said, I’ve seen crape Myrtles hacked down to nothing and it comes back as a crape shrub lol. So I guess give it a shot and see what happens
Posted on 4/15/24 at 5:46 pm to 3oliv3
Just plant shrubs such as dwarf yaupon holly or dwarf burford holly under /between the ligustrum
This post was edited on 4/15/24 at 9:25 pm
Posted on 4/15/24 at 5:49 pm to 3oliv3
the bottom third of the ligustrum in your pic has been "hardened off" for so long, it no longer carries any active buds. look at it up close, it will almost look like glazed ceramic. what that means is that the lower you prune, the harder it is going to be for the tree to re-sprout in any kind of attractive manner. put simply, you arent going to get a top to ground foliage screen from that tree. to keep a ligustrum screen, you have to hedge prune from the top down every year or so
i let mine get tall & leggy too, but i like them better that way
i let mine get tall & leggy too, but i like them better that way
Posted on 4/15/24 at 6:52 pm to 3oliv3
Zappas beat me to it...work with what youve got - plant some shorter stuff around the base to fill in the gaps. And just enjoy the ligustrums as specimen trees - they can get almost 30 ft in time.
Posted on 4/15/24 at 6:52 pm to Zappas Stache
Sweet Viburnum is a fast grower and is a viable option.
Posted on 4/15/24 at 6:59 pm to 3oliv3
Chainsaw and dig up.
Replace with almost anything else.
I HATE Ligustrum with a passion -- if you have sinus issues in your family get rid of these asap.
Replace with almost anything else.
I HATE Ligustrum with a passion -- if you have sinus issues in your family get rid of these asap.
Posted on 4/15/24 at 11:37 pm to Bigdawgb
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Zappas beat me to it...work with what youve got - plant some shorter stuff around the base to fill in the gaps. And just enjoy the ligustrums as specimen trees - they can get almost 30 ft in time.
That leads to my next problem. Dead on in the center of this row of ligustrums is a beautiful live oak, and the ligustrums are starting to encroach on its canopy. Sounds like I may be getting rid of these.
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