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Phillyrea latifolia Oleaceae
Mock Privet fil-LY-ree-uh lat-i-FO-le-a
Broadleaf evergreen tree/shrub, to 30 ft (9 m) tall, similar width, rounded shape. Leaves opposite, simple, ovoid, to 6 cm long, margin toothed, dark green.
Phillyrea decora
Scientific Name: Phillyrea decora Boiss. & Bal.
Synonym: Phillyrea vilmoriniana
Family: Oleaceae ...
Mock Privet [English]: Phillyrea latifolia
Mock Strawberry [English]: Duchesnea indica
Mock Strawberry [English]: Duchesnea indica 'Harlequin'
Mock Tomato [English]: Solanum aethiopicum
Mock Tomato Mini Pumpkins [English]: Solanum aethiopicum ...
There is only one kind, Osmarea burkwoodii, a hybrid between Osmanthus delavayi and Phillyrea decora.
Other interesting specimens would be Phillyrea latifolia, Luma apiculata, Japanese holly (Ilex crenata), Camellia japonica and Osmanthus Ã- burkwookii.
^ A list of common subjects, including the now rarely-used Phillyrea common in 17th-century topiary, forms the second part of Miles Hadfield, Topiary and Ornamental Hedges (London) 1971.
Other cultivated genera include Abeliophyllum, Chionanthus, Fontanesia, Forsythia, Noranhia, Notelaea, Nyctanthes, Osmanthus, Osmarea, Parasyringa, Phillyrea and the privet (Ligustrum).
Broadleaf evergreen large shrub / small trees of similar texture and habit are apt to be more cold-tender, such as Dodonæa viscosa, or more thirsty, such as Eucryphia, or extremely hard to buy (and slow-growing, too), such as Phillyrea ...
Massalongianum (Khassia Hills) and other species are also cultivated. Mock-privet is Phillyrea, a member of the same order and a small genus of ornamental hardy evergreen shrubs, natives of the Mediterranean region and Asia Minor.
 See also: Green, Evergreen, Privet, Ligustrum, Holly
  
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