A vibrant twist on a classic hedging plant the golden privet is an evergreen shrub with yellow leaves splashed green in the centre as with other privets it has a lovely dense growth habit and tolerates regular clipping throughout summer making it a superb choice for formal evergreen hedges ligustrum ovalifolium 39aureum39 is drought resistant and unfussy about soil type making it an easy choice for any garden where it lends interest all year round it has also been awarded a prestigio