Ligustrum is a genus of shrubs in the olive family (Oleaceae) commonly grown for hedging and screens. Plants range from deciduous to fully evergreen and typically form multi-stemmed, upright specimens. Small clusters of white flowers appear in June to August. It tolerates a wide range of soils provided they are well drained.

Ligustrum is a shrub in the olive family used for hedging, flowering white from June to August and tolerant of a wide range of soils.

A privet is a flowering plant in the genus Ligustrum. The genus contains about 50 species of erect, deciduous or evergreen shrubs or trees, with a native distribution from Europe to tropical and subtropical Asia, and with one species each native to Australia and north Africa.