Privet hedges have had a bad name for years — not least thanks to Harry Potter — but have plenty to recommend them, says Alan Titchmarsh.
Hedges and I go back a long way. Almost 70 years to be precise. The nature of my first encounter? The hedge in question was that much-reviled semi-evergreen we call privet. Its Latin name — Ligustrum ovalifolium — does at least give it an air of respectability. It was one of the first botanical names I learned and that…
