Morphological characteristics of the Golden Leaf Privet:
The Golden Leaf Privet is a deciduous shrub that is a hybrid of the Phnom Penh Ovary Privet and the European Privet. The leaves are larger and slightly smaller, single-leaf paraphyletic, oval or ovate oval, 2 to 5 cm long. Inflorescence, small flowers white. The drupe is broadly oval and purple-black. The leaves of the Golden Privet are golden in color, especially in spring and autumn.
The growth environment of the Golden Leaf Privet:
Strong adaptability, the soil requirements are not strict, in china south of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River Basin and other places of climatic conditions can adapt, good growth. Sex like light, slightly shade-tolerant, hardiness is strong, not resistant to high temperature and high humidity, in the Beijing-Tianjin area, microclimate good shelter in front of the building, winter can keep no leaves. It is highly resistant to disease and has few pests and diseases. The flowering period is from May to July and the fruiting period is from October to November.
Greening uses of the Golden Leaf Privet:
In the growing season, the leaf color of the golden leaf is bright golden yellow, which can be composed of shrub-like color blocks with purple leaf barberry, safflower beech, green leaf long cypress, boxwood, etc., forming a strong color contrast, with excellent ornamental effect, and can also be trimmed into a spherical shape. Due to its golden yellow leaf color, it is widely used in landscaping, mainly to form patterns and build hedges.
Key points of pest and disease protection of the Golden Leaf Privet:
Golden leaf Privet has a good disease resistance, rarely occurs disease, the main need to prevent is the harm of the underground pest grub to the root of the seedling, the grub bites the capillary root and the epidermis of the main root, and the root system is necrotic and decaying, sometimes causing the plant to have only the surface capillary roots, and the water absorption ability is poor. After the root system is damaged, once it encounters high temperature weather, the whole plant wilts and dies in severe cases. It can be controlled by octylthion irrigation.
