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Glossy pointed leaves in opposite pairs, with large sprays of small cream flowers in summer that carry a heavy sweet scent, followed by dense clusters of blue black berries. Larger leaves than Small-Leaf Privet.
Naturalised through bushland, back fences and creek lines in every LGA on this list. Particularly dense through the Inner West, Canterbury-Bankstown, Georges River and the Lane Cove valley.
Exempt in almost every council covered here, which makes it one of the easiest removals to book. The work itself is usually straightforward, but cut stumps must be treated or ground because the species regrows strongly. Multi stemmed thickets are common along back fences.
Status below is for a tree on private land that has passed the council’s size threshold. Heritage items, heritage conservation areas, significant tree registers, biodiversity mapping and conditions of development consent override every exemption shown here.
In most cases no. Broad-Leaf Privet appears on the exempt species list in Northern Beaches, Ku-ring-gai, Hornsby, North Sydney, Willoughby, Lane Cove, Ryde, Hunters Hill, City of Sydney, Inner West, Woollahra, Waverley, Randwick, Georges River, Strathfield and Canterbury-Bankstown. Heritage listings still override the exemption.
The heavily scented summer flowers are a recognised allergen and are a common reason people remove it. Removing nearby privet often helps, though it will not eliminate other seasonal triggers.
