What bushes offer the best year-round privacy?
Evergreens like juniper, boxwood, and arborvitae keep their foliage all year, offering reliable screening even in winter. Deciduous shrubs like lilac and hydrangea may lose their leaves in colder months but shine with blooms in the growing season. Want quick results? Choose fast growers like arborvitae and privet. Evergreen shrubs for year-round interest evergreen shrubs like boxwood, juniper, and dwarf holly provide structure and color across the seasons. Their low water and pruning needs make them key players in low-maintenance gardens.Some of the most common evergreen shrubs include arborvitae, boxwood, false cypress, holly, juniper, wintercreeper, azalea and rhododendron.Juniper is one of the best low-maintenance evergreen shrubs, occurring in a range of shapes and sizes. Gin Fizz® has an attractive conical shape, producing attractive blue-green berries against a backdrop of aromatic soft green foliage. Use this conifer as screening, in borders or massed in the landscape.
What’s the fastest growing shrub for privacy?
Arborvitae. If you need your privacy fast, how about the Green Giant Arborvitae which can grow three to five feet in one year. This shrub can grow to a mature height of 30-50 feet, but it tolerates shearing to keep it to the size you prefer. Our #1 most popular privacy tree, the Thuja Green Giant is a fast-growing evergreen tree that can grow in Zones 5 to 9 at a rate of 3 to 5 feet per year. After three years, it can reach 15 to 20 feet, and at maturity can grow up to 30 to 40 feet fall.