The Privet hedge plant is probably one of the most common & most popular fast growing hedging species & it's particularly well suited to urban areas & gardens because it's so good at pollution absorption. Privet is a semi evergreen rather than a full evergreen so in cold winters or exposed situations it will lose some of its leaves & look a bit thinner, but it will retain leaves & a green appearance all year round & looks particularly good in spring & summer when the new leaves flush out. Privet has creamy white flowers but it's not known as a flowering hedging species & generally the flowers are just trimmed off when the hedge is clipped. This species is very easy to trim with shears or electric hedge trimmers & has small leaves so looks very neat when just trimmed. It will grow up to 4m but is very easily kept neat at 1.0m upwards. Plants supplied in packs of 10 or 20, 40cm+, 60cm+ or 120cm+ high & grow 30-60cm per year.