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Definition of California privet
1. Noun. Semi-evergreen Japanese shrub having malodorous flowers; used extensively for hedges because more likely to stay green that common privet.
Lexicographical Neighbors of California Privet
Literary usage of California privet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"California privet. Shrub of upright habit, to 15 ft., quite glabrous: Ivs. ...
Conventional farms of California privet hedges. 8. coriaceum, Carr. ..."
2. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1896)
"Being asked whether the California privet is hardy at Boston, ... William C.
Strong had seen many hedges of California privet, that were quite hardy and ..."
3. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"California privet. FIG. 483.— Common Privet. seeded berries lasting through much
of the winter. ... The so-called California privet (482) — Ligustrum ..."
4. The Practical Flower Garden by Helena Rutherfurd Ely (1911)
"LIGUSTRUM OVALIFOLIUM ((California privet). 2 to 8 feet. Plant in the spring.
... Much more hardy than the California privet and equally ..."
5. Gardening (1905)
"For this purpose we have found nothing to beat the California privet. ...
California privet is very easily trimmed. During the years that have elapsed since ..."
6. A Plea for Hardy Plants: With Suggestions for Effective Arrangement by James Wilkinson Elliott (1902)
"California privet hedge. California privet hedge. 9, lo, Ii, 12, 15. Fruit trees.
13. Grapes on trellis. 18, 19, 20, 21. Posts for clothes-line. Tulip tree. ..."
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