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Lorna Waide of Stoke suffers extreme hay fever type symptoms every time she gets near the huge Privet hedge near her house.Patrick Hamilton Hayfever sufferer Lorna Waide is appealling to Nelson ...

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I commonly see variegated privet hedges that are turning green, like their genetic parent: common privet. On your loropetalum, a bud reverted to its parent and made white flowers.

Northland is also home to one of the oldest privet trees in the country, with a tree at Edmonds Ruins, near Kerikeri, possibly be more than 100years old. Advertisement Advertise with NZME.

Russell Birchell, the founder of Hedging UK, says, "Privet hedges are extremely hardy and can handle very aggressive pruning in January to help promote bushier regrowth in the summer months. "When ...