Every spring, I get nailed with an allergy. It is ferocious. I hate to take meds as they knock my socks off and I still have to work. As a result, I am sneezing, coughing, aching, sinus headaches, using any available paper goods to blow my nose.... Waiting for it to end. This usually lasts 3 weeks.
I know the culprit and I know I just have to live with it. Around here they are call "hedge bushes". At a distance, they are pretty. They are all over and my head tells me when they start to bloom. Too many to eradicate although I don't have any growing around the house. Also, they serve a purpose. The bees love them!
Can anyone give my enemy a name?
Know my enemy!!! ID please?
Looks like one of the Ligustrum Privets. Perhaps this one?
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/62891/ or this one
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/78040/
They are invasive in Texas.
This message was edited Apr 23, 2008 6:44 AM
I agree with Sheila I think it is Ligustrum.
I believe you are both correct ~ Ligustrum it is. I am not sure which one but I suspect the first link. Thanks for the links Sheila.
I was intending to post a warning about allergic reactions to it and see that it is already marked as such. I don't think I've seen another PlantFiles plant with so many negatives...
It had definitely "invaded" east Texas. Been here far more years than I have and will be here long after I am gone...
Thank you both for the ID assistance! pod
