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The 13 Best Backyard Plants to Grow for Privacy
Poet Robert Frost said it best, “Good fences make good neighbors.” But, barricading ourselves behind 8-ft. walls isn’t very practical, and in some cases, your homeowner’s association (HOA) may not even allow that, but creating a private oasis with plants may be the solution.
We’ve gathered some plants that let you be you, without worrying about a few looky-loos.
Total obscurity or just a bit of coverage?You’ll want to start by planning what you want out of a privacy border. And the first aspect to look at is the level of privacy you need. Do you want complete coverage or is something you can still sort of see through okay? That will determine the type of plants you use and their spacing. Some plants only grow four feet tall, while others can go far higher.
Also, remember to check with city or HOA ordinances. Some have rules about how much you can obscure a yard. You’ll need to plan your plant coverage around any of these restrictions.
You’ll also want to assess how much of the yard you are looking to block. Do you want a privacy border that extends the full perimeter of the yard? Or is only one direction where you currently have the least privacy acceptable? For instance, a full yard living privacy planting could be best accomplished with thick shrubbery, while partial privacy could just require one larger tree.
There are a plethora of thick, commonly used backyard plants that can serve as a fantastic barrier between you and your neighbors. Want to know which work best in your area? Take a look at our top 13 privacy plants.
Also, remember to check with city ordinances. Some have rules about how much you can obscure a yard. You’ll need to plan your plant coverage around any of these restrictions.
You’ll also want to assess how much of the yard you are looking to block. Do you want a privacy fence that extends the full perimeter of the yard? Or is only one direction where you currently have the least privacy acceptable? For instance, a full yard living privacy fence could be best accomplished with thick shrubbery, while partial privacy could just require one larger tree.
There are a plethora of thick, commonly used backyard plants that can serve as a fantastic barrier between you and your neighbors. Want to know which work best in your area? Take a look at our top 13 privacy plants.
Need to set some green boundaries with your neighbors? Here are the 13 best privacy plants:
1. Arborvitae
topseller/ ShutterstockArborvitae are the most commonly used privacy plants. They grow tall and form a solid wall when planted close together. They are one of the best tall plants for privacy. They are some of the hardiest plants both in and outside of cold weather. Make sure this plant has good drainage, a generally dry environment, and full sun to ensure it succeeds.
USDA hardiness zone
These plants do best in zones 3-7. This covers the northern United States, excluding far north near the Canadian border, and through south-central U.S. Versatile arborvitae does well in almost any environment except for extreme heat or extreme cold.
Available at your local home improvement store, gardening outlet, or Amazon for just under $150.
2. Bamboo
AePatt Journey/ ShutterstockBamboo is another of the fastest-growing privacy plants on our list — particularly clumping bamboo, the fastest growing variety. Bamboo needs access to full sun with regular, heavy watering to ensure the best growth.
USDA hardiness zone
As you might have guessed, bamboo does better in warmer climates, especially zones 5-9. Because it requires regular exposure to water, desert environments further south than zone 9 tend to be too dry for most bamboo varieties.
Available at your local gardening outlet if in zones 5-9 or Amazon for roughly $50.
3. Boxwood
RK1979/ ShutterstockWhile a sturdy plant and a fantastic privacy screen, Boxwood is a slower growing plant. It’s perfect, however, if you want easy-to-maintain. Boxwood is known for being easy to prune and form to whatever shape you want, including privacy bushes.
These evergreens come in a variety of types and are deer resistant.
USDA hardiness zone
Boxwoods are vigorous up until zone 6. They do best in full sun, in average or cooler climates with an average amount of rain.
This plant is usually available at most home improvement stores across the upper midwest or Amazon for roughly $120, but spring 2022 supply chain issues have it listed as unavailable.
4. Chocolate Vines
Anna Krzywania/ ShutterstockChocolate vines are named so due to their dark purple flowers. This perennial vine is known as a great addition to backyard fences for extra privacy. It will tolerate shade but grows best in full sun. While it is native to Japan and Korea, it has naturalized through much of North America.
USDA hardiness zone
Grows best in zones 4-8. It remains green all year in zones 6 and warmer.
Available at most local home improvement stores or with starter plants.
5. Euonymus
Elena Terletskaya/ ShutterstockAnother of the faster-growing privacy hedges, Euonymus fills out neatly, minimizing the need for pruning, and reaches an average height of 4 feet.
It sprouts small, white or pink flower buds in late summer that add to its overall appeal.
USDA hardiness zone
Euonymus grows best in zones 5-8. While it can tolerate shade, it grows best in full sun with regular water.
Available at many home improvement stores throughout zones 5-8 or at Amazon for just over $86.
6. Evergreen Azalea
ajisai13/ ShutterstockThese beautiful, colorful, and fast-growing privacy plants feature rose flowers against dark, glossy green leaves, which turn a darker red in the fall, adding to this shrub’s variety.
Azalea is generally an upright growing plant that provides higher screening. It’s one of the more durable plants in the right zones.
USDA hardiness zone
Best grown in zones 5-8. Unlike most of the plants on this list, Azalea grows best in partial shade with an average amount of water.
Available at most improvement stores starting around $50.
7. Holly
art_craft / ShutterstockThis broad-leaved evergreen shrub provides excellent privacy.
It’s known for its lustrous, dark green foliage and striking red fruit it produces throughout the year. Holly can grow up to 10 feet, making it one of the best for tall privacy fencing.
USDA hardiness zone
Holly grows best in zones 5-9. It prefers full sun to partial shade and grows best in more temperate environments.
Available at home improvement stores for $16, but is currently listed as unavailable due to seasonal issues.
8. Inkberry
Erika Kirkpatrick / ShutterstockInkberry is a tough, extremely hardy evergreen. It grows more slowly than most varieties on this list, however.
Because it is so durable, you can grow it in any type of soil, even dense clay soils or areas with a fair amount of pollution. While it can serve as a decent privacy hedge, it doesn’t grow as tall as Holly, coming in at only 6 feet.
USDA hardiness zone
Inkberry grows best in zones 4-9. It is a sturdy variety, meaning it can grow in slightly colder environments.
It generally prefers full sun.
Available at various garden stores for $37.
9. North Privet
NORTH DEVON PHOTOGRAPHY / ShutterstockOne of the best trees for privacy due to its rapid growth, North Privet is a shrub variety known to grow upwards of three feet per year. It is not a hard shrub to prune to shape if done at least a few times a year.
This plant has small white flowers that bloom every spring. It can grow to be rather tall, making it an ideal solo shrub to grow for a uniform look.
USDA hardiness zone
Grows best in zones 5-8. Partial shade is OK, but privet needs at least four hours of uninterrupted sunlight.
Available at most home improvement stores or a similar variety, curled privet can be found on Amazon for $90 (not available for shipping in all states).
10. Red Twig Dogwood
Peter Turner Photography / ShutterstockThis is a commonly used privacy plant throughout the northern United States. Bright red stalks make this a notable plant to use, especially in colder areas with long winters.
It can grow up to nine feet, ideal to use on its own. It has full foliage and showy flowers in warmer months.
USDA hardiness zone
Grows well through zones 3-8. Best used in areas with a long winter to show off the bright red stalks. When planting, plant in big batches.
Available at almost any home improvement store for $36.
11. Roughleaf Dogwood
Sheila Fitzgerald / ShutterstockLike its name, this tough, resilient plant can be pruned into a smaller, more refined tree, or a multi-branch shrub. In late spring, larger clusters of sweet-smelling white flowers make Roughleaf a pleasant privacy plant.
While dark green during most of the spring and summer, this foliage turns a rich dark burgundy in the fall. It can grow up to 15 feet tall, depending on how you prune it.
USDA hardiness zone
Grows best and is native to zones 4-9. Likes full sun.
Available at some nurseries for around $89.
12. Rose of Sharon
tamu1500 / ShutterstockRose of Sharon is a flowering privacy hedge that has long-lasting white flowers.
They bloom all summer, a great decorative choice for privacy fencing.
This deciduous shrub can grow up to eight feet and is rather low maintenance, an ideal trait for any privacy hedge.
USDA hardiness zone
Best in warmer zones 5-8. It prefers full sun with a medium amount of water.
Available at most home improvement stores or Amazon for almost $30.
13. Yew
meunierd / ShutterstockLast but not least, yew is a robust evergreen plant with many sub-varieties. Some, such as Densiformis Yew, are faster growing than others.
Most yew reaches about four feet high with a long spread. They are also hardy plants, doing best in both cold and hot environments.
USDA hardiness zone
Zones 4-7 are best for any yew variety. Partial shade is OK, and pruning for shape is relatively simple.
Available at most home improvement stores or Amazon for $23 (not available for shipping in all states).
How to plant privacy shrubs, step by step:
Step 1: Find the right privacy plant.
Make sure that you find the proper plant not only for your zone but for your privacy needs. For instance, a Euonymus plant alone will not grow higher than four or five feet. These are perfect if you want to still see some of your surroundings while maintaining a subtle sense of privacy, but not if you are after full enclosure. In this instance, purchasing a Holly variety or Arborvitae makes more sense.
Step 2: Determine your growing conditions.
Being in the right zone doesn’t automatically mean you have the ideal growing conditions for those plants. Make sure your setup has the correct amount of sunlight, water, and other needs to grow a healthy privacy fence.
Step 3: Follow care instructions regularly.
Talk to your garden store, home improvement store, or retailer about the ideal care instructions. Keep regular track of the plant’s health as the days and months go by.
Step 4: Prune to specifications.
If you want to prune your privacy plant to look a certain way, make sure you know how much pruning is needed and how regularly you should maintain trims.
Step 5: Watch your hard work grow!
Factor the living privacy plants into your style
You should also keep in mind how those plants will fit in with the style you are going for in your yard. For instance, well-trimmed hedges work best for yards that have a classic and neat appearance. Flower hedges work well with larger romantic garden spaces. Trees can offer a good option for more rustic yards that keep things on the natural side. You might even look into partial designs that can work for conceptual and artistic spaces, such as placing unconnected panels of fence alongside patches of evergreen trees. You can see an example in the photo above.
And remember to take into account the level of upkeep the living privacy fence will require. Though all living fences will need some upkeep, options like shrubbery will need regular trimming to maintain a clean look. If you’re not willing to spend a lot of time with your yard, you might choose options that don’t require regular trimming seasons, like willow trees or cactus.
There are a plethora of privacy plants out there. Look at what you have for growing conditions at the moment, consider what you want (fully enclosed backyard versus partial privacy), and do your research before buying. You can do some beautiful things with a well-maintained and thoroughly researched privacy hedge.
Frequently asked questions
Q:
What is the fastest-growing privacy plant?
A:
Any variety of privet.
Q:
What is the best plant for screening?
A:
Arborvitae or Holly.
Q:
How do I grow a privacy bush for cheap?
A:
Any Holly variety is relatively affordable and easy to expand across existing fencing for that natural hedge look.
The 15 Best Plants to Grow for Backyard Privacy
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You don’t need a fence to maintain your privacy when you can block your nosy nextdoor neighbor from peering into your yard with the help of plants. There’s a great selection of trees, shrubs, and vines that can help turn your property into a secluded retreat—and they can be way cheaper than installing a fence or other privacy structure.
Check out this list of some of our favorite backyard privacy ideas.
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Arborvitae
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There are many reasons why arborvitae is among the most popular plants for a living privacy fence. Its thick evergreen foliage creates a dense hedge when the trees are spaced properly, it tolerates most soil conditions, and it's cold-hardy and low maintenance. There are several varieties with different stature, from dwarf to giant, so consider the plant's mature height and width when choosing arborvitae for your space.
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Bamboo
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Bamboo is one of the fastest-growing plants in the world, so it can create a lush and exotic privacy screen very quickly. Some varieties of bamboo are invasive, so consider picking a slow-spreading, clumping variety, or planting it in large raised planters to keep it under control. Available on Amazon.
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Skip Laurel
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With annual shaping and pruning, the dense evergreen foliage of skip laurel can make a beautiful 10-foot-tall privacy screen. Planted in a sunny location and in well-drained soil, a laurel hedge will reward you with white blooms in spring. Available at The Home Depot.
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Privet
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Fast-growing privet can get you privacy in a hurry; if given proper care, it can add between 2 and 3 feet to its height each year. When grown as a hedge, privet needs to be pruned regularly, but that hard work pays off when the plant produces a thick cover of sweet-smelling flowers every spring. Available at The Home Depot.
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Holly
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There are many varieties of holly that provide excellent privacy in the yard. Available as tall trees or dense shrubs, and in colors that run the gamut from green to variegated, holly offers something to satisfy any landscaping taste. Homeowners with small children (or sensitive hands) may want to consider a soft-leafed variety that's free of the plant's signature sharp, spiny leaves. Available at The Home Depot.
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Boxwood
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Boxwood has been long used as a decorative pruned hedge in formal gardens, but it's also beautiful when less strictly maintained. Allowed to grow freely, some varieties can reach 20 feet tall.
Many people think of boxwood as a deep green plant, but there are also beautiful white variegated and gold varieties. Grown as a fence or in containers, it will provide rich scenery and a lush, living wall to protect your yard from prying eyes. Available at The Home Depot.
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Hicks Yew
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Hicks yew, while not flashy, is a sensible choice for a living fence or privacy screen. This low-maintenance option sets a wonderful evergreen backdrop for the rest of a yard, and its soft needles and winter berries make it a fast favorite with backyard wildlife. Available on Amazon.
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Red Twig Dogwood
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Red twig dogwood is deciduous, but it displays a cheerful and seasonal thicket of bright red branches when it loses its leaves in fall. It can tolerate temperature extremes and even soggy soils, and provides habitat for wildlife in all seasons. This fast-growing shrub can reach 8 feet tall and 10 feet wide, creating an impressive display in a yard. Available at The Home Depot.
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Chocolate Vine
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The hardy chocolate vine, also known as five-leaf akebia, grows vigorously on a trellis or fence and provides a thick screen of green leaves and fragrant purple blooms in early summer. It spreads very quickly, so be sure to rein it in with regular pruning. Available on Amazon.
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Euonymus
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Euonymus is a privacy shrub that comes in many sizes and colors, including green, gold, and variegated varieties. This tall and sturdy shrub tolerates all types of weather and even poor soils. Planted close together, euonymus can serve as a lush hedge, but it also makes a big impact when pruned into a tree shape. Available at The Home Depot.
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Cypress
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These tall, slender beauties are one of the best privacy trees for backyards. And the Leyland variety is the ideal pick for quickly adding privacy to an outdoor space. The trees grow quickly—up to 5 feet every year—so you can expect to block out curious eyes within a few seasons. Remember, though, fast-growing also means higher maintenance, so keep that in mind before deciding on this tree. Available at Lowe’s.
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Lilac
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These pretty fragrant trees can also be planted as hedges. They make lovely privacy plants thanks to their colorful, pleasant-smelling blooms. Lilacs need lots of sun, so opt for another hedge option if you’re situated in a shady spot. They also require yearly pruning. Remove dead and damaged branches to help encourage new growth and healthy flowering. Available on ArborDay.org.
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Butterfly Bush
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The bushy purple flowers on this bush attract pollinators and other beneficial bugs, making it an excellent privacy option for the edible garden. A significant advantage of butterfly bush is that it’s drought-tolerant and blooms from spring to fall. Most varieties aren’t invasive but it’s important to check before buying just any cultivar. Available at The Home Depot.
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Hydrangea
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Hydrangea plants grow up to 8 feet wide and 8 feet tall, making them great hedge plants.
Planted in a row, the cone-shaped blooms on these bushes become a garden focal point. One caveat: hydrangeas lose their leaves in the fall, so they don’t provide year-round privacy. However, you can pair them with other hedge plants to maintain some cover during their off-season. Available at The Home Depot.
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Juniper
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Several varieties of juniper make excellent privacy screen plants. Many cultivars grow up to 10 feet tall or more, including California and Sierra junipers. Some varieties are better suited for large properties, while others, like the Spartan variety, can be planted closer together. Their tight-spaced foliage also makes junipers a great option for blocking wind. Available at The Tree Center.
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Top 15 best hedge plants
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We present to your attention a selection of the best plants in our opinion for creating a living fence on your site.
| 1. Thuja. Evergreen tree or shrub. In the conditions of the middle lane, it can reach a height of 3 m. It is widely used to create hedges. The optimal planting distance is 80-100 cm. It can be planted in two rows in a checkerboard pattern. In a temperate climate, among the various forms of thuja, the thuja western “Smaragd” and “Emerald” feel best. Among other plants used to create hedges, thuja has its advantages and disadvantages | |
| Advantages:
Drawbacks: disadvantages of arborvitae include its burnout in the bright sun, while the needles lose their decorative effect and become brown. nine0007 | |
| 2. Juniper. Common, Cossack, virgin, scaly, and Chinese junipers are used to create hedges. All of them have their own characteristics, but their main advantages are the same: | |
Of the shortcomings of juniper, one can single out its need for good lighting. Otherwise, the bushes become loose and lose their decorative effect. |
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Like all conifers, juniper has a rather slow growth, although this is a minus or plus for a hedge - a moot point. | 3. Berry yew. Evergreen coniferous plant. Great for creating a living fence and for good reason: | |
The yew has one drawback - all its parts are poisonous. |
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| 4. Lawson Cypress is one of the most beautiful coniferous plants. | |
| Benefits:
Disadvantages: prefers well-lit areas (goes bald in the shade), requires regular watering and spraying. nine0007 |
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| 5. Derain white. Fast-growing deciduous shrub up to 3 m high. Very beautiful, retains its decorative effect even in winter, thanks to bright red shoots. Blossoms twice a season, in the fall, along with young flowers, rounded white berries appear. The shrub has many virtues , among which: | |
Perhaps the only feature of turf that can be called its disadvantage is the need for regular cutting. If this condition is not observed, the bush is exposed in the lower part, it looks sloppy. nine0007 |
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| 6. Califolia vesicle. Spectacular shrub with spreading drooping branches and large ornamental leaves. It reaches a height of 3 m. With proper care, a vesicle hedge will become a real highlight of your garden. | |
| Benefits:
has no defects. |
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| 7. Coronal mock orange A beautifully flowering fragrant shrub up to 3 m high. It is frost-resistant and unpretentious, excellent for the conditions of the middle zone. In addition to the already listed advantages of mock orange, the following should be noted: | |
The plant has no significant shortcomings, it should only be noted that well-lit places should be chosen for planting mock orange, and the soil should not be compacted and waterlogged. nine0007 |
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Spirea. A very ornamental shrub with beautiful abundant flowers. A spirea hedge can reach a height of 1.5 m. The plant has many advantages, including: - Lush, elegant blooms.
- Handles shearing well.
- Able to take various forms.
- By combining varieties with different flowering times, you can create a continuously flowering hedge. nine0040
- A wide range of varieties with different colors of inflorescences.
- Undemanding to soils
To maintain a neat appearance of the shrub, it is recommended to trim the faded inflorescences.
| 9. Thunberg barberry. Great for hedges because it: | |
has a plant and their deficiencies . For example, the presence of long sharp thorns complicates the care of the shrub. With a lack of sunlight, the decorativeness of the leaves is lost. The plant multiplies easily and appears where its growth is undesirable. |
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nine0040 | 10. Biryuchin. A fast-growing shade-to-density shrub up to 2-2.5 m high. The plant deserves special attention for the following reasons: | |
The only drawback of privet is poisonous fruits. | nine0002 |
Do not choose this plant if you have children. | 11. Cotoneaster brilliant. Densely leafy deciduous shrub up to 0.5 to 1.5 meters high. Undoubted Benefits of Cotoneaster: | |
Cotoneaster branches are fairly fast growing so regular pruning is essential to maintain the shape and attractiveness of the shrub. |
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| 12. Blood red hawthorn. Unpretentious deciduous shrub, characterized by high longevity. | |
Irregular shearing of hawthorn can expose the underside of the bush. | nine0002 |
The undoubted advantages of the plant are: | 13. Lilac. Very ornamental flowering shrub. To create a hedge, the use of undemanding, frost-resistant, drought-resistant varieties, such as Meyer's, Amur and Hungarian lilacs, is recommended. The advantage of lilac over other shrubs is as follows: | |
disadvantages of lilac include the need for annual cutting of root shoots; a short flowering period, after which the decorativeness of the plant is significantly reduced. |
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| nine0002 14. Shrub cinquefoil. A very decorative compact shrub that blooms from early summer to autumn. The main advantages of the plant: | |
Every 4-5 years the plant needs a rejuvenating pruning. Requires watering during dry periods. nine0007 |
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At the same time, hydrangea is rather capricious, requires frequent watering, needs shelter for the winter, and is demanding on the composition of the soil. The plant needs pruning, since flowering occurs only on the shoots of the current year. |
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What is better to make a hedge in the country?
The fence protects the site from strangers, zones, indicates the beginning of private property. It insulates sound and protects from dust, and also creates a mood: any fence is part of landscape design. But sometimes you don’t want to build anything high and capital, especially if the neighborhood in the village allows, and sometimes you just need to separate one part of the site from another. You can’t build a brick fence in such a situation, and the chain-link mesh seems boring. nine0007
In such cases, hedges come to the rescue - fences made of plants, which not only perform many of the functions of fences, but also please the eye.
What to make a green fence out of? Man cultivated hundreds of species of ornamental shrubs, trees and flowers, it is no wonder that because of the abundance of choice, eyes widen. To make it easier, we have broken down the different types of plants into categories. Choose from those that best suit your needs!
We tell you how to make a hedge in the suburbs! nine0007
High, medium, low
Hedges are even more than three meters high. For this, different types of plants are used, and high fences are created multi-level: from relatively tall trees with branches growing almost from the very roots to shrubs protecting the bottom.
But let's figure out what to make a hedge, in order.
Low (50-70 cm):
- Thunberg barberry;
- pygmy caragana, especially Pygmaea and Nana; nine0040
- Japanese spirea Little Princess, Golden Princess;
- Holly magnolia;
- chibushnik;
- cranberries.
Medium height (up to 1.
5 m): - Japanese, birch-leaved and three-lobed spirea;
- mock orange varieties "Chamomile", "Aurea", "Snow Avalanche";
- orange or shrub caragana;
- shrub cinquefoil;
- Bessey cherry;
- steppe almonds.
Medium tall hedges (1.5 to 2 m):
- loose-leaved and gray sharp-toothed spirea;
- golden and alpine currants;
- doggy, gray roses;
- brilliant cotoneaster;
- Alpine honeysuckle;
- snowberry white;
- Russian broom;
- shrub caragana.
High hedges (up to 3 m):
- ornamental apple trees;
- Ussuri pears;
- rowan;
- Norway maple; nine0040
- poplar;
- elm;
- ash;
- linden.
In the case of high fences, the trick is simple: the highest tree layer is planted first, followed by bushes from the middle category, then low shrubs, flowers and herbs. As a result, the fence turns out to be almost continuous, and it is quite possible for them to isolate themselves from the street.
True, the construction of such a fence requires considerable effort.
Plants that keep their shape well
A green fence is good for everyone, except for labor-intensive maintenance. It will have to be cut several times a year, most likely - to hire a gardener or master this art yourself. But if you are absolutely confident in your strengths and capabilities, we offer a list of plants that look neat and keep their shape for a relatively long time after cutting. nine0007
Hardwoods:
- honeysuckle;
- currants;
- caragans;
- Tatar maple;
- barberry;
- narrow-leaved and silver suckers;
- white sod;
- brilliant cotoneaster;
- limes;
- hawthorns;
- Berlin and Canadian poplars.
Coniferous:
- arborvitae Smaragd and Brabant;
- European larch;
- Norway spruce. nine0040
The listed plants spread quickly shoots that are well woven and form an almost impenetrable fence.
