Yes - Really! But, WHY?
Three years ago I moved into this house near the park - a really lush green part of town. It took weeks of cutting back privet hedges just to find the gas meter and make sure there were no holes along the fence line for Honey to escape.
These privets run the length of the back yard. Sorry, the snowy scene is my only pic.
Makes a great privacy fence.
Immediately, I started getting bites that formed huge red, itchy welts that lasted for a week or two. Oh no! It's allergy or bedbugs. The Internet told me so. A visit from the exterminator and several hundred dollars lighter in my bank account, I was still getting the bites. For the last 3 years, this has happened every spring and fall. So, of course, I thought I was allergic to the local vegetation. I seriously was contemplating moving to a more sterile location.
But Then:
