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How to get rid of Privet for good?
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Privet also does just fine as a hedge, and people in the UK actually use it for this purpose. Ironically, that's where I've seen privet growing—along borders, so people who hate privet might as well leave the stuff unless it's in their way.
I live in the Southeastern US. It was originally introduced here as a hedge plant as well. Unfortunately it's gotten wildly out of control and is very invasive. It crowds out other plants, cultivated and wild. I have a Jerusalem artichoke plant that it has a stump in the middle of and it keeps trying to grow higher than it to share it out.