The Ligustrum Ovalifolium Instant Hedge, commonly known as Green Privet, offers a fast-establishing, semi-evergreen solution for garden privacy and urban screening. Grown in 1-metre troughs, each unit contains 5 dense, healthy plants between 80–100cm in height, with established 20–25cm root balls, ready for immediate planting and visual impact.
Favoured by landscapers, councils, and professional gardeners, Ligustrum Ovalifolium boasts shiny green oval leaves, excellent pollution tolerance, and a bushy, upright growth habit that responds well to pruning. This species is one of the best choices for quick hedging results in both urban and rural settings, offering year-round structure with seasonal flowering and minimal leaf drop in milder climates.
Whether you’re defining a boundary, screening a garden, or softening a fence line, this exclusive Green-tech instant hedge saves time and delivers results.
Features and Benefits
Fast-Growing and Semi-Evergreen: Retains foliage well in winter and grows quickly for full coverage.
Instant Privacy: Pre-grown in troughs for rapid site transformation and reduced waiting times.
Resilient and Low Maintenance: Thrives in various soil types and tolerates pruning and pollution.
Urban Friendly: Ideal for town gardens, roadsides, and housing developments.
Native to the UK & Wildlife Friendly: Provides nesting cover and pollinator interest in summer.
Applications
Garden privacy hedges and boundary screens
Driveways, patios, and fence-line planting
Commercial and urban green space planting
Roadside planting schemes
School, housing, or local authority landscaping
Specification
Pack Size: 5 plants per 1m trough
Trough Length: 1 metre
Plant Height: 80–100cm
Root Ball Diameter: 20–25cm
Growth Form: Semi-evergreen with upright, bushy habit
Seasonality: Supplied throughout the year (subject to availability)
Planting and Aftercare Instructions
How to Plant:
Prepare a trench twice the width and depth of the root balls.
Carefully remove each plant from the trough and set them 30–40cm apart.
Backfill with enriched topsoil, firm in, and water well after planting.
Keeping Your Hedge Healthy:
In Troughs: Keep outdoors, water regularly, and do not let root zones dry out.
After Planting: Water during dry periods (especially first 12–24 months), mulch at the base, and trim lightly twice a year to maintain density and shape.
Performs best in full sun to partial shade and well-drained soil.
Important Notes & Customer Responsibility
These instant hedges are natural living plants, and as such, their appearance will vary seasonally.
Winter: Expect some leaf loss in deciduous varieties and reduced foliage density as plants enter dormancy. This is a natural part of their life cycle and does not indicate poor health.
Spring and Summer: With warmer temperatures, hedges will regrow leaves and fill out, displaying vibrant, dense foliage as they actively grow.
Watering and aftercare are critical for successful establishment and long-term growth. Insufficient watering, especially during dry spells or immediately after planting, can affect plant health and development. Proper aftercare includes:
Regular watering, especially during the first year
Applying a suitable fertiliser or hedge feed in early spring and mid-summer to promote healthy growth
Occasional pruning to maintain shape and encourage density
Because these are living plants that respond to environmental conditions, Green-tech cannot accept returns once the plants have been delivered.
Our instant hedges provide an immediate, effective solution for screening, privacy, and boundary definition. While they offer instant coverage, please remember they are still maturing and will continue to fill out and strengthen over time with proper care. Delivery Information
All instant hedge orders are delivered on pallets via heavy goods vehicles (HGVs). To ensure a smooth delivery, please carefully review and prepare for the following:
Pallet Delivery: Your hedge will arrive on a pallet transported by an HGV.
Access Requirements: It is the buyer’s responsibility to ensure there is adequate access for the delivery vehicle. This includes:
A flat, level, and hard-standing surface suitable for offloading the pallet
Sufficient space for the HGV to manoeuvre safely near the delivery point
Domestic Deliveries: For residential addresses, the delivery vehicle will have a tail-lift to assist with unloading where possible. However, tail-lift offloading cannot be guaranteed for all locations. Customers may need to unload the pallet manually (handballing) or arrange for a forklift or assistance on-site.
Delivery Address: Please ensure the delivery address provided can accommodate an HGV, and any necessary permissions or arrangements for access are in place (e.g., notifying property management or neighbours if needed).
If you have specific delivery requirements or concerns, please contact Green-tech ahead of ordering. We are happy to advise and assist to help your delivery go smoothly. Please Note:
This product is dispatched directly from our trusted supplier’s warehouse. While we aim to keep product availability as accurate as possible, we do not have live stock control for these items. Availability is subject to change, and delivery can take up to 15 working days, depending on stock levels at the time of order.
Tracking information will be provided where available, but please note this is dependent on the supplier’s shipping process. If you have any questions about lead times or delivery, our team is happy to help before you place your order.

Feature Specification
Species Ligustrum Ovalifolium (Privet)
Number of Plants 5 per 1m trough
Plant Height 80–100 cm
Root Ball Size 20–25 cm diameter
Growth Form Bushy, upright, semi-evergreen
Soil Preference Fertile, well-drained, adaptable
Light Requirement Full sun to partial shade
Delivery Season All year (subject to availability)
Packaging 1-metre trough
Ideal Uses Privacy hedging, urban screening, boundary planting