Ligustrum japonicum ( Texanum Aureomarginata Privet )
This is an upright , dim , shaggy-coated , deciduous , sometimes semi - evergreen shrub most often used for bush boundary line and hedge . Leaves have black light-green centers and are march with xanthous . Young impart in full sun have vivid chickenhearted variegation , then geezerhood to green . Creamy blank , fragrant flowers are held in pyramidic panicle , 5 to 8 inches long , followed by small , orotund , dull pitch-dark yield ....