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Privacy Hedges
What You Need To Know About Privacy Hedges
What are the Fastest Growing Privacy Hedges?
With growth rates from 3 to 5 feet per year the fastest growing privacy hedges are Thuja Green Giant, Leyland Cypress, Cryptomeria Radicans, and Wax Myrtle. Carolina Sapphire Cypress, Nellie Stevens Holly, Oakland Holly, and Wavy Leaf Ligustrum offer fast privacy with 2 to 3 feet of upward growth per year.
How to Plant Hedges for Privacy
Once you have chosen the best privacy hedge for you, you will need to determine how many plants you need and how far to plant them apart. Mapping the planting area with stakes at either end and a string in-between can help with measurement and proper placement of your privacy trees or shrubs. Dig holes for each plant and start planting! Read more on Privacy Trees and Hedges!
How to Prune Privacy Hedges
After your privacy plants have become well established (1 to 2 years) you can start to prune them into a hedge if desired. Shape them by shearing the tops and sides, leaving them wider at the base. If you aren’t looking for a perfect hedge shape or a certain height, most privacy trees do not need to be pruned to achieve the desired effect.
How to Get the Fastest Privacy Hedge?
For the fastest privacy hedge, use a staggered landscape plan. Plant 2 rows of privacy shrubs with the front row being staggered between the gaps of the back row. This allows the individual plants to have room to grow while providing quick privacy.
Privacy Hedges By Mature Size
Small (6 to 10 feet)
- Blue Wonder Colorado Spruce Zones 3-8
- Heavenly Bamboo Nandina Zones 6-10
- Howardi Ligustrum Zones 7-10
- Japanese Plum Yew Zones 6-9
- Mugo Pine Zones 3-7
- Sky Pencil Holly Zones 5-9
- Steeds Holly Zones 5-9
- Ruby Loropetalum Zones 7-10
Medium (10 to 20 feet)
- American Boxwood Zones 5-9
- Blue Point Juniper Zones 4-9
- Emerald Green Arborvitae Zones 3-8
- Oakland Holly Zones 6-9
- Wax Myrtle Zones 7-10
- Wavy Leaf Ligustrum Zones 7-10
Large (Over 20 feet)
- Deodar Cedar Zones 7-9
- Colorado Blue Spruce Zones 3-7
- Cryptomeria Radicans Zones 5-9
- Italian Cypress Zones 5-9
- Leyland Cypress Zones 6-10
- Lombardy Poplar Tree Zones 3-9
- Nellie Stevens Holly Zones 6-9
- Thuja Green Giant Tree Zones 5-9
- Carolina Sapphire Arizona Cypress Zones 6-9
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