| Life form | Bush |
| Family | Oleaceae |
| Origin | China, Korea, Japan |
| Ease of cultivation | Average in ease of growing a plant |
| The size | Up to 1.5 m in the pot in height. |
| Growth rate | Cuttings reach the size of an adult flowering plant 10 months after planting. |
| Lifespan | Perennial |
| Temperature | In the summer: 59-69,8 ° F; in winter it is desirable to + 42,8-46,4 ° F. |
| Humidity | It is desirable to regularly spray with warm water, without getting on the flowers, it is good to place the pot in a tray with wet expanded clay. |
| Lighting | Bright light, up to 4-6 hours of direct light per day, requires shading from too hot midday rays. Suitable south, south-east or south-west window. It takes a light penumbra (on the east and west window). |
| The soil | For a mixture of own preparation, take: 2 turfy ground, 1 part peat land, 1 part humus, 1 /, 2 parts sand. Always use a pot with a hole. |
| Watering | In summer, during growth, water abundantly every day or every 2 days, the soil must remain moist. With a lack of moisture, the plant quickly discards the leaves. In winter, watering is cut, the substrate should dry out slightly between waterings, but never dry out completely. |
| Fertilizer | During the growing season 1-2 times a month with liquid fertilizer. |
| Reproduction | It is possible to propagate by apical cuttings 8-10 cm long, which have several buds, to root in a mixture of moist peat and sand at a temperature of 60,8-68 ° F. Before planting, treat the rootstock. Cover the container with polyethylene or glass on top. After 3 weeks, remove the glass. It is better to plant several cuttings in one pot. Spread also by seeds, which are sown in 7-cm pots in a mixture of peat (or turf) and sand. Subsequently, the seedlings are planted, as the earth’s comatose braids grow, the young plants overrun. |
| Bloom | Blossom from August to September, white flowers in racemose inflorescences. |
| Transfer | Young plants every year. Adult plants are transplanted every 2 years. |
| Features of care | Ligustrum responds well to pruning, easily liable to form. Can be used for bonsai. |
| Difficulties | It is most often affected by scutes, spider mites, whitefly, mealybug, aphids and thrips. With excessive moisture, root rot is possible. |
| Air cleaning | – |
| Toxicity | It is better not to ingest, may cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms that are not life threatening. |
