{"id":1309,"date":"2024-04-30T12:52:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T16:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/?page_id=1309"},"modified":"2024-08-28T23:14:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T03:14:21","slug":"japanese-privet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/resources\/plantid\/ornamentals\/japanese-privet\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Privet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\"><div class=\"container px-0\"><div class=\"row align-items-start\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plant Identification Learning Module:<br>Ornamentals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Japanese Privet (<em>Ligustrum japonicum<\/em>)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>An upright, low branching, evergreen shrub or small tree.&nbsp;<em>Simple<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>entire<\/em>&nbsp;leaves are opposite and&nbsp;<em>ovate<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>elliptic<\/em>&nbsp;in shape: they are dark green, leathery and glossy. Branches have raised&nbsp;<em>lenticels<\/em>. Fragrant flowers are borne on terminal&nbsp;<em>panicles<\/em>&nbsp;and are white, with four united&nbsp;<em>petals<\/em>. The fruit is a blue-black,&nbsp;<em>drupe<\/em>-like&nbsp;<em>berry<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/ornamentals\/ligustrum_plant.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese privet shrub\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Photo courtesy of Paul L. Verlander\/Landscape Architect<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/ornamentals\/ligustrum_foliagef.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese privet foliage and fruit\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/ornamentals\/ligustrum_lenticels.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese privet lenticels\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service,&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bugwood.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bugwood.org<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":987,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1309","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1309"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4247,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1309\/revisions\/4247"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}