Monrovia
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22 of the Best Evergreen Shrubs for Privacy (All Zones) | Be Inspired
September 9, 2025 - A beautiful boxwood that can be grown in a dense evergreen hedge that's perfect for creating a privacy screen. Lustrous dark green leaves have a lighter green underside. Medium to finely textured foliage does not brown out in winter. Its density makes it a favorite shelter plant for birds. Partial to full sun. Up to 9' tall, 2' wide. Zones 5-9. An outstanding compact, broadleaf shrub valued as an evergreen hedge or privacy screen.
University of Maryland Extension
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Plants for Mixed Privacy Screens | University of Maryland Extension
A variety of evergreen and deciduous trees are used in this privacy screen.
Videos
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NC State Extension
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What Can I Plant for Privacy? | NC State Extension
Hollies are a good choice for screening and for attracting songbirds. Lusterleaf holly (Ilex latifolia) and ‘Nellie Stevens’ holly (Ilex x ‘Nellie R. Stevens’) are two options with dense, evergreen foliage and red berries that remain on the plant through fall and winter.
Royal City Nursery
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The Best Types of Plants for Privacy From the Neighbours - Royal City Nursery - Blog
April 3, 2023 - Evergreens will always be a go-to for privacy—their foliage remains all year! Pyramidal evergreen trees are ideal for planting in front of windows, whereas evergreen shrubs like Boxwood are better for border planting.
Garden Design
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15 Best Privacy Shrubs for Your Garden
June 20, 2024 - Also known as English laurel, this broadleaf evergreen bush is commonly used as quick-growing hedging. Plants produce thick glossy green foliage and fragrant white flowers in spring are followed by dark purple-black berries. Give this vigorous shrub plenty of room to grow, or shear into formal hedging. Makes a good hedge or privacy screen for shady areas.
This Old House
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13 Evergreen Privacy Shrubs That Also Reduce Noise Pollution - This Old House
August 20, 2024 - The American Holly is a classic evergreen with glossy, dark green leaves and distinctive red berries (on female plants). Its dense growth habit makes it an excellent choice for privacy screens, while the bright berries add seasonal color.
N.C. Cooperative Extension
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Great Evergreens for Screens and Hedges | N.C. Cooperative Extension
Consider planting a living fence of evergreen shrubs, but look beyond the common disease plagued Leyland Cypress! Local garden centers carry many different evergreens suitable for screening and fall and winter are the perfect time to plant them.
N.C. Cooperative Extension
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Evergreen Shrubs for Blocking Views | N.C. Cooperative Extension
The final tree-sized broadleaf evergreen is Tea Olive (Osmanthus sp.). The Tea Olive is an extremely dense tree that does well in both shade and partial sun. The fragrant Tea Olive emits a delicious vanilla-like smell in the winter that can be detected from a hundred yards away. Let’s not discount our own native rhododendron and mountain laurel. These 10-12 foot tall shrubs make terrific screens.
Great Garden Plants
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Shrubs & Trees For Privacy Hedges – Great Garden Plants
The best shrubs, trees & more for creating privacy fences all in one place. Functional & versatile shrubs for hedges. Fast-growing evergreens for sale.
Permis
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Poly-culture Suburban Privacy Evergreen Fedge/Hedge (urban gardening forum at permies)
Primary goals are privacy, wind break, and wildlife cover in a suburban area with lots of neighbors and strong cold winds coming from nearby open areas. Food production and flowers for pollinators are nice-to-have stacking functions (I realize that going evergreen instead of deciduous will reduce my food production). Hedges will receive rough pruning; mixing shrubs should increase diversity while maintaining a semi-regular appearance.
The Spruce
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Plant These 22 Fast-Growing Privacy Shrubs for a Secluded Yard
March 4, 2025 - The deciduous red twig dogwood (Cornus sericea) stands out as a handsome privacy hedge in winter although the leaves, berries, and flowers have disappeared thanks to its signature fire-red bark color.
Hicks Nurseries
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Top 8 Plants for Privacy & Screening
May 30, 2024 - For rapid privacy solutions, few plants can rival the Green Giant Arborvitae. Known for its fast growth and dense foliage, this evergreen is perfect for screening out neighbors and undesirable views.
Bogleheads.org
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Best year round shrub/plant in Northeast for privacy - Bogleheads.org
Photinia red robin Nandina Domestica Perhaps look at Japonicas and also smoke bush. These are all hardy to zone 5/6, grow to around 6 feet tall, will tolerate any soil and any sun/shade. The photinia and nandina are evergreen and commonly used for hedging.
My Perfect Plants
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Best Shrubs for Privacy | Perfect Plants – Perfect Plants Nursery
Viburnums come in many different varieties. They make a great flowering evergreen privacy screen or mass planting. Easy to grow and fragrant, viburnum is a favorite for creating visual interest and screening.
Instant Hedge
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7 Fast-Growing Hedges & Shrubs for Privacy - InstantHedge
March 16, 2022 - English laurel grows in full sun to partial shade. It tolerates a wide variety of soil types and is very drought-tolerant once established. It is smog and salt tolerant, and deer will not touch it.
Reddit
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r/rva on Reddit: best evergreen shrub or tree to grow for natural privacy fence?
May 13, 2020 -
Calling all Richmond gardeners and landscapers!
I would like to plant evergreen shrubs or trees along my yard to create a natural privacy fence for all seasons. Does anyone have experience with the best non-invasive options? I'm looking for something relatively low maintenance, fast-growing with good height (at least 8', preferably taller), and good for privacy all year round.
There is a large oak close to where the fence-line would be (maybe 5-6' away) so I don't know if that would cause a problem. Despite that the area still gets quite a bit of sun.
I have my eye on Arborvitae and Juniper but I don't know which varieties are best for this purpose. Obviously I'm open to way more options than those two!
Thanks for your time and input!
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Not Leyland cypress Not eastern red cedar. Buy in the 4-5 ft range. Young trees will establish faster, overcoming the initial size differential of a 7-10 ft tree. Whatever you plant, plant a tree that MEETS the conditions of your site.
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I'd recommend planting a variety of species and staying away from the typical Leyland cypress planting. I'd try a variety of American Holly, eastern redcedar, magnolia, and maybe an exotic like hinoki cypress.
The Spruce
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10 Best Evergreens for Hedges and Privacy Screens
February 23, 2024 - ... Leylandii cypress is the fastest-growing evergreen hedge. It grows about 4 feet per year, forming an attractive box-shaped privacy hedge in about two years and when plants are set 2 feet apart.
Better Homes & Gardens
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26 Best Evergreen Trees for Privacy and Year-Round Greenery
October 8, 2025 - Fast-growing Austrian pine (Pinus nigra) adds color and privacy wherever it's planted. This evergreen tree also excels in standing up to the conditions in an urban environment; air pollution and salt spray don’t bother it, and neither does ...
Reddit
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r/landscaping on Reddit: Best privacy evergreen shrubs to plant along fence?
October 7, 2024 -
Hi There-
Looking for some advice on what the best evergreen shrub is to plant along our fence. Our backyard neighbors recently ripped out all of the shrubs on their side that had been growing up and over the fence and provided a nice amount of greenery and privacy.
Excuse all the leaves (that's just from the last few days), but our fence line is about 19-20 feet long from that cutout to our playset. At it's shortest point (by the bucket in the photo), there's about 4 feet from the fence to the lawn. It's not perfectly squared, so at other points it's more like 5-6 feet.
Would green giants do the trick? If so, what kind of spacing should I aim for? We live in MD and I've been told by a few folks that if we plant now, we'll be ok for the winter with plenty of watering over the next 4-5 weeks.
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!
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Boxwood, mountain pepper, red dynamo photinia. Really, tho it is what you want. Something that blocks view or wind or both. Are you in an hoa. Less waist or minimal care. Flowers, decorative or something more muted.
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Photinia. But plant them 2-3 feet from the fence and 3-4 feet apart. They get huge.
Homes and Gardens
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Best shrubs for privacy: the top 10 varieties for your yard | Homes and Gardens
August 23, 2022 - If you are looking for some of the best shrubs for privacy for a front or backyard, there are many options to choose from that will add color, shelter, and structure to your garden, too. Along with providing screening from the road or neighboring properties, the best evergreen shrubs can also add color, structure and interest year round.