September 9, 2025 - One of the most popular and effective shrubs for screening or tall hedge use. Perfect for a formal, shaped hedge or a tall screen of naturally narrow trees (above). This narrow, pyramidal evergreen has dense foliage that holds its color throughout winter. Thrives in the heat and humidity of the south, and tolerates dry spells when established. Full sun...

February 27, 2025 - Mature Size: 6’ tall x 3-4’ wide · USDA Hardiness: 7 to 10 · Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade · Varieties: Purple, Lavender, and White · A stately specimen or slender screen, ‘Blue Point’ Juniper maintains a dense, pyramidal form with no pruning. Prized for lush blue-green foliage, ‘Blue Point’ looks as much at home in formal gardens as naturalistic landscapes.

July 11, 2024 - Finally, it’s here! The Squeeze Box® inkberry holly is new to garden centers in 2024, and ticks all the right boxes for being able to create a tall, narrow, evergreen privacy screen, all year long.

May 24, 2024 - Unlike almost all other Rose of Sharon shrubs, the Pillar varieties have a naturally narrow, tall shape that won’t need pruning to keep their tidy habit. Expect them to grow just 2-3’ wide and reach heights of 10-16’. That makes them a ...

May 16, 2022 - However, the best use of this evergreen shrub is to preserve its natural pyramidal shape, and maybe just keep it narrow if you wish. Hardiness: USDA zones 6 to 9. Light exposure: full Sun or partial shade. Blooming season: N/A. Size: 15 to 20 feet tall (4.5 to 6.0 meters) and 12 to 15 feet in spread (3.6 to 4.5 meters), but you can contain it by pruning.

March 16, 2022 - Virescens naturally grow tall and narrow, so it lends itself well to a tall privacy hedge. One pruning per year is sufficient to maintain a nice hedge. Native to the Pacific Northwest, Virescens does well everywhere that isn’t too hot or too cold. It tolerates partial shade as well as full sun, and it holds its green color all year.

Some of our other tallest privacy shrubs include the Nellie Stevens Holly, which grows 15 to 25 feet tall, and the Oak Leaf Holly, which grows to about 14 feet tall. Once you’ve decided which privacy shrub is best for your property, determine ...

Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris · Lonicera sempervirens

Tall flowering shrubs can also be used to create a privacy screen, with the added benefit of seasonal blooms. These shrubs not only offer seclusion but also bring color and fragrance to your garden. Lilacs, for instance, can grow quite tall and offer fragrant blooms in spring. Another option is the butterfly bush, which, while primarily known for attracting pollinators, can also provide substantial height and coverage. Tall skinny shrubs are ideal for creating privacy in narrow ...

December 8, 2023 - While their berries don’t form until late fall and winter, you’ll be able to enjoy their hearty leaves all throughout the year. Holly shrubs can grow 35 feet tall, if cared for properly. Plant your holly shrubs in full sunlight and in soil ...

Shrub will be in full sun from about lunchtime through dinner time. ... what about arborvitae Degroot's Spire? It's pretty narrow and doesn't get too tall, plus arborvitae grow fast. How much of the 35 ft.

Most tea olives make excellent, dense evergreen screens or hedges in sun or medium shade. Holly tea olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus) grows 8 to 10 feet tall or more, and is more narrow than the other species mentioned here. Fortune's tea olive (O. x fortunei) matures at 15 to 20 feet tall.

April 6, 2022 - This versatile shrub retains is columnar shape without pruning, is deer resistant, drought tolerant, will grow in part shade or full sun and is sterile – so none of the invasive concerns of older varieties of buckthorn. The finely textured green leaves turn bright yellow in fall and the brown woody stems are speckled with white spots, so even after the leaves have fallen there is a sculptural quality and beauty to this shrub. One of my deer resistant container designs featured in Country Gardens magazine, spring 2017 · Ultimate height is given as 5-7 feet tall and 2-3 feet wide but mine have yet to get that big.

FWIW, we grow and sell a lot of bamboo, both running and clumping, in my area and I use it extensively in my landscape designs. It makes an excellent, narrow yet tall evergreen privacy screen.

Amelanchier, Serviceberry Shrub 'First Editions® Standing Ovation™' Out of stock · Gertens was founded over 100 years ago with a simple motto “Buy Direct from the Grower.” · Part to Full Sun or Shade · Aronia, Black Chokeberry 'Autumn Magic' Out of stock ·

February 20, 2025 - Upright columnar or pyramidal varieties such as North Pole® (pictured), Sting® and ‘Emerald Green’ are suitable for narrow spaces, as hedging and screening. Learn more about growing arborvitae.

July 27, 2022 - I'd get native shrubs like rhododendrons or viburnums. ... Could always erect a small lattice and let some jasmine take it over. Evergreen, smells great, and will (eventually) completely obscure the neighbors’ view.

June 5, 2025 - Can handle sun, part shade, or shade · Ilex crenata ‘Sky Pencil,’ a cultivar of Japanese Holly · For extremely limited, narrow spaces, these tall, narrow shrubs work well: Ilex crenata ‘Sky Pencil’ (small evergreen) Cephalotaxus harringtonia ‘Fastigiata’ (evergreen) Cupressus ‘Wilma Goldcrest’ ·

April 21, 2025 - Here, we’re highlighting some of our favorite evergreen shrubs that provide year-round screening and seclusion and look good while doing so! Starting with a favorite evergreen landscape plant for privacy and hedging, ‘American Pillar’ is the fastest way to grow your privacy fence, growing up to 2ft every year under ideal conditions! This arborvitae is also compact and narrow, saving space in your (and your neighbors’) yard once it grows to full maturity.