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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 ...
Instant Hedge
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7 Fast-Growing Hedges & Shrubs for Privacy - InstantHedge
March 16, 2022 - Schip laurels (or Skip laurels) are a very popular shrub to use for an evergreen fast-growing hedge. They can easily make a tall and narrow hedge with pruning once per year and occasional shaping.
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Privacyshrubs
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8 Best 5–6 Foot Evergreen Shrubs for Privacy | Year-Round Screening Plants
December 10, 2024 - Table of ContentsBest 5 to 6-Foot Evergreen Shrubs for PrivacyGolden Mop False Cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Golden Mop')Green Mountain Boxwood
Better Homes & Gardens
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26 Best Evergreen Trees for Privacy and Year-Round Greenery
October 8, 2025 - Pyramidal and mounding cultivars offer a variety of forms for use as a hedge or in a mixed screen of evergreen shrubs. Look for a dwarf variety for smaller landscapes. Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade and moist, well-drained soil · Size: 50 to 70 feet tall, 20 to 30 feet wide · Zones: 5–9 · 20 of 26 · Credit: Laurie Black · A valuable addition to your winter garden, false cypress (Chamaecyparis spp.) has plenty of varieties with different shapes and colors. Not surprisingly, it's also wonderful for adding privacy.
Instant Hedge
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Best Privacy Hedges | Evergreens for Privacy | InstantHedge Blog
March 11, 2022 - It offers lush, green foliage in the spring and summer and copper fall color that persists through the winter. Even though it is deciduous, the persistent leaves still provide some peace through the winter months. Grows in full sun to part shade. One of the best plants for privacy for zone 5-8. EVERGREEN/DECIDUOUS Deciduous, but holds copper leaves through winter
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.
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.
Gardening Know How
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Cold Hardy Shrubs For Hedges: Growing Hedges In Zone 5 Landscapes | Gardening Know How
December 6, 2022 - Boxwood is well worth a close look for a zone 5 privacy hedge. This is an evergreen shrub hardy to far lower temperatures than those found in zone 5. Boxwood works well in a hedge, accepting severe pruning and shaping.
Homes and Gardens
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Best shrubs for privacy: the top 10 varieties for your yard | Homes and Gardens
August 23, 2022 - As mentioned, not all shrubs for privacy have to be evergreen, and if you add in a few deciduous varieties into the mix, it will create more interest and color in your garden. Forsythia is a good option for providing a living privacy wall from spring to fall once they are in flower and leaf, and grow to about 8-10 feet in height. They produce beautiful vibrant yellow flowers in spring, followed by green foliage. 'Hardy in zones 5 to 9, the shrub is requires very little maintenance and can live for many decades,' says Tammy Sons.
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.
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.
Gardeners Oasis
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Best Evergreen Plants For A Privacy Hedge
November 23, 2024 - Clumping Bamboo has a non-invasive root system that won’t migrate throughout your garden, and it is ideal for reducing noise while also offering plenty of privacy. To reduce growth while still enjoying plenty of coverage, consider planting ...
University of Minnesota Extension
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Choosing evergreens for your landscape | UMN Extension
To choose evergreen trees and shrubs for Minnesota landscaping, you need to be familiar with your growing conditions — hardiness zone, light, soil type, space for planting — and what type and form of evergreen you would like to plant.
Fast Growing Trees
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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. Many great choices for flowering shrubs also make good privacy shrubs when planted in groups.
The Spruce
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10 Best Evergreens for Hedges and Privacy Screens
February 23, 2024 - This shrub requires little pruning but any shaping should be done in early spring for evergreens and just before the start of new growth for semi-evergreens. Berries are toxic to humans and animals (but not to birds). Name: Cotoneaster (C. lucidus, C. glaucophyllus, C. franchetii) USDA Growing Zones: 5 ...
Monrovia
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Evergreen Shrubs for Landscaping: A Comprehensive Guide | Be Inspired
August 12, 2025 - ... There are many bushes that keep their leaves in the winter, including boxwoods, hollies, and rhododendrons. ... Some popular privacy shrubs include boxwoods, juniper, ligustrum, and yew.
N.C. Cooperative Extension
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Evergreen Shrubs for Blocking Views | N.C. Cooperative Extension
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.
McKay Nursery
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Privacy Shrubs | Flowering Privacy Shrubs | McKay Nursery
Plant Privacy Shrubs to create privacy in your landscape and backyard. Privacy Shrubs from McKay Nursery may be a flowering, fruiting, evergreen, or leafy shrubs.
Reddit
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r/NativePlantGardening on Reddit: Zone 5 Privacy hedge/tree question
July 18, 2023 -
I'm looking for help and opinions on finding an evergreen shrub/tree for a privacy hedgerow that grows quickly for Zone 5. It will be in full sun at the top of a hill.
Our house and front yard are level, but where I want to put the privacy trees/hedge (the edge of our front yard) is at the top of a 30ft downslope with a parking lot at the bottom. I want something so people can't see in our front windows which are about 75 yards or so away from where I want the trees/hedges.
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Youre probably far enough north for Balsam firs and red spruces. White pines grow quick, but they drop their lower branches as they grow so you loose the lower level coverage over time. Native arborvitae (thuja Occidentalis) will get picked clean by deer if you don’t fence them, so unless that’s an option I would avoid.
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The top of a hill can be dry. What's the soil like? Have you considered eastern red cedar?