Golden privet is a lovely choice for a hedge forming a bright boundary with its pretty gold45lined evergreen foliage with small soft leaves ligustrum ovalifolium 39aureum39 is easy to trim and it is suitable for any size of garden it grows happily in sun or deep shade and will live for many years it is usually grown as a hedge but can also be grown as a free45standing shrub if it is untrimmed it will produce clusters of white flowers height and spread up to 4m 401339