Researchers have found a way to increase quantities of anti-inflammatory and antioxidant compounds extracted from privet trees, a relative of the olive tree. The corresponding study was published in ...

Stand aside, Bradford pear. There's a new invasive plant in town and Ohio is targeting it. On Jan. 1, 2026, the common privet will join the callery pear, better known as the Bradford pear, and more ...

(WKBN) — Another plant will soon officially join the growing list of invasive species in Ohio, which makes the sale, propagation or distribution of it illegal. The common privet, or ligustrum vulgare, ...

Q: This insect damage has occurred to a lowly, invasive privet. I rip them up from my yard wherever I see them, and in fact this bonsai was created from one of those. When very young these "whips" are ...

Lead author Cathy Peyrot des Gachons, PhD, gathering privet leaves in Hartley Wood at the Pennsylvania State Arboretum, University Park, PA. Further research at Monell showed that this burn was caused ...

Chinese privet was brought to the U.S. in the 1800s as a decorative hedge, but it has spread rapidly across the Southeast, now covering more than 1 million acres in Alabama alone. The small, woody ...

Lady Banks Rose – Rosa banksiae is a thornless climbing rose bush. Left unpruned, it can grow upwards of 40 feet, so be prepared to corral it in your garden if you plant one. There are single and ...