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Lively Landscape Color Year-Round
Why Sunshine Ligustrum Shrubs?
If you’re looking for year-round color to invigorate your garden space, you’ve found it! A lustrous addition to the Southern Living Plant Collection, the Sunshine Ligustrum punctuates any landscape design with a bold array of verdant yellow hues.
In spring, its petite, oval leaves emerge brilliant chartreuse. As the days get longer and the sun peaks, its glossy foliage transforms into a mass of dazzling, summer color ranging from cool, refreshing lime to vivid yellow-gold.
An evergreen shrub, this Ligustrum maintains its lush prominence despite the onset of cooler temperatures, taking on a hint of orange as the shorter days of winter take hold.
And the Sunshine is noninvasive and allergen-free. With the Sunshine Ligustrum, expect to enjoy all the upsides of the privet hedge cultivar and none of the shortcomings. Unlike its close cousins and their notorious reputation for multiplying, this hybrid doesn’t flower or reseed. So when spring comes knocking, the Sunshine won’t be adding to the pollen count!
With the Sunshine, you get bright, ornamental foliage and four seasons of interest without the upkeep. The Sunshine creates a lively hedge along pathways, drives or fencelines. If you have some beds to fill, try arranging your Sunshines in curved patterns or knot-like shapes -- your garden is guaranteed to get a second look from neighbors and guests.
As its name suggests, the Sunshine is easy-going and virtually maintenance-free. Living up to 30 years, it’s drought and heat tolerant, flourishes in just about any soil type, and naturally repels deer. And if you prefer a more informal setting, there’s no need to prune. Left to grow, the Sunshine reaches a maximum height of only four feet, spreading into a bullet shape, with soft, upright branches.
Why Fast-Growing-Trees.com is Better
You won’t find a healthier, better developed Sunshine Ligustrum – because we’ve planted, grown and shipped your Ligustrum with meticulous care, you get a hassle-free shrub that’s ready to thrive in your landscape and burst with color and growth quickly.
In fact, when you buy our larger sizes, you can get explosive color, privacy and the iconic good looks of the Sunshine Ligustrum as soon as the first season in your homescape.
Whether it’s a splash of color you seek or a mass of brilliant, striking contrast, the Sunshine Ligustrum is a ray of sunshine the day it’s delivered! Get your order in today. Our experts are on hand to assist, ensuring you the best results from your newest garden addition. Get your Sunshine today!
Planting & Care
1. Planting: A minimum of 4 hours of sun is its preference, so seek full sun to partial shade locations (anywhere from 3 to 6 hours of sunlight daily). Soil type doesn't matter, provided that it's well-draining.
When you're ready to plant, dig a hole that's large enough to accommodate your shrub's root ball, backfill your soil, and mulch the surrounding soil. Finally, water to settle the shrub's roots.
If you're planting in a container, select a pot that's about twice the size of your shrub's shipped container, use organic soil, and place in an area with adequate sunlight.
2. Watering: While tolerant of drought once established, good watering is important until your plant reaches that stage. You should water when the surface soil dries to 1 to 3 inches down by touch.
3. Fertilizing: Avoid highly soluble fertilizers if possible. Slow-release, organic-based nutrient sources are the best. Fertilize in early spring, after the threat of frost has passed.
4. Pruning: You can shear or prune your Ligustrum in spring, and remove dead or damaged branches at any time of year.
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Shipping Details
Estimated Shipping Time: Most orders ship immediately. As noted on the website, some items are seasonal, and may only ship in spring or fall. Once your order is shipped, you'll receive an email with a tracking number.
| Amount of Order | Shipping Charge |
|---|---|
| Less than $129 | $19.95 |
| $129 + | FREE SHIPPING! |
Product Details
| Mature Height: | 3-4 ft. |
| Mature Width: | 3-4 ft. |
| Sunlight: | Full Sun |
| Growth Rate: | Moderate |
| Botanical Name: | Ligustrum sinense |
| Does Not Ship To: | AZ,OR |
| Grows Well In Zones: | 6-10 outdoors |
| Your Growing Zone: | # |
Growing Zones: 6-10 outdoors
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United Stateswonderful trees and shrubs
Fantastic experience so far. Items shipped very quickly and arrived in perfect shape. We did place them quickly in the ground as recommended. We bought 5 Giant Thuja's and 5 Sunshine Ligustrum shrubs. They are all thriving and already adding height and fullness. We did have a sprinkler system ready for these plants so they have had adequate water since planting. Very happy so far!
United StatesBeautiful shrub
The whole transaction went very smoothly. This was the second time I have ordered shrubs from Fast Growing Trees and have been very satisfied both times. Even tho they had to travel clear across the country they arrived in excellent condition and are now thriving.
United StatesBeautiful Color!
When I saw my damaged boxes and how roughly the FedEx driver was treating them, by letting the boxes fall to the ground out the back of the truck, I thought for sure some of my plants were going to be damaged. Thank goodness they weren't! They all were beautiful and healthy.
United StatesLove my Sunshine Ligstrum Shrubs!
I purchased 2 of these about a month ago, because I was redoing my entire flower bed. I received them and was blown away at how nicely packaged these were and also, so healthy! I purchased the 2 Gallon size and since planting them, I've watered them every day. They are such a beautiful addition to my flower bed and are still doing great! Such a vibrant color!!!
United StatesLovely foliage
This arrived very well packaged and looking quite healthy. It's only been in the ground a few days but if it continues to do as well as it has so far, I'll be a very happy gardener. This color is really popping against the dark green in the background. Lovely!