Nevertheless, botanists get excited about Ligustrum vulgare, because it is a carrier for the cucumber ... My Japanese seeds germinated like mustard and cress, and eventually I planted a tall hedge of ...

It is not the invasive Ligustrum vulgare, commonly called privet. Wax leaf ligustrum has larger, waxier green leaves than privet but does bloom with "fragrant" white flowers in the spring — some ...