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 120cm+ high & grow 30-60cm per year.