AT A GLANCE
With which plants can you combine privet?
What factors should be considered when combining privet?
When looking for suitable companion plants for the privet, keep the following factors in mind:
- Leaves: wintergreen
- fruit ornaments: black berries
- Location Requirements: sunny to semi-shady, well-drained and calcareous soil
- growth height: 3 to 4m
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The foliage of the privet is present all year round and is colored green. Therefore, deciduous plants can often optically benefit from the presence of a privet. Take this into account when making combinations.
The black berries are very decorative from autumn to winter. Decorative contrasts can be created together with accompanying plants, which also have eye-catching fruit decorations.
The location requirements of the privet are also important. The plant partners should also feel comfortable on a calcareous and well-drained soil in a sunny to semi-shady location.
Combine privet in the hedge
A privet hedge quickly looks monotonous if it consists only of privet. Therefore, combine the privet in the hedge with other plants that have similar site requirements. Woody plants that are easy to cut and have a different color of foliage, such as the golden privet or the blood barberry, go wonderfully with the privet.
Combinations with the following plants have proven successful:
- cherry laurel
- yew
- gold privet
- Thuja
- bloodbarberry
- hornbeam
- broom
- Firethorn
Combine privet with cherry laurel
The privet and the cherry laurel could almost be kindred spirits. Both their leaf shape and their flowers as well as their fruits are similar. Nevertheless, there is an attractive contrast between the two, which is not too intrusive. The cherry laurel is shiny and has significantly larger leaves, flowers and fruits than the privet.
[image: hedge|privet, cherry laurel]Combine privet with firethorn
The interplay of firethorn and privet is wonderful as the two enhance each other. They do this mainly in the fall with their hanging fruit. The orange fruits of the firethorn light up in combination with the black berries of the privet. They also go well together, since the firethorn is available to the privet as a decorative neighbor all year round thanks to its evergreen leaves.
[image: hedge|privet, firethorn]Combine privet with blood barberries
The blood barberry is strikingly red in color and thus forms a complementary contrast to the privet. In addition, it suits the privet because it has similar site requirements and tolerates pruning well.
[picture: hecke|private, blood barberry]Combine the privet in the bucket
The privet even looks good in a bucket. Especially when grown as a stem and planted underneath with flowering groundcover or herbs, it is absolutely gorgeous. Separately, on the contrary, roses should be planted in the neighborhood. They go perfectly with the rather dark appearance of the privet. In front of or next to it, they seem to really shine with their colorful flowers.
- roses
- cranesbill
- lavender
- lady's mantle
