LIGUSTRUM OVALIFOLIUM

Dense, fast-growing, deciduous shrub that with elliptic-ovate, glossy, dark green leaves that are yellow-green beneath. Small, tubular, dull white flowers in upright panicles bloom at stem tips in summer. Flowers are very fragrant, but are considered by many to have an unpleasant aroma. Flowers give way to globe-shaped drupes which ripen to black in fall and persist into winter.