Privacy hedges are a better option than a fence because they can be grown as tall as needed without conflicting with HOA rules. Evergreen hedges are a great backdrop and design foundation for flowering plants, and they provide winter interest when everything else is leafless and dormant.
Most of our fastest-growing, largest hedge varieties are evergreen. Possibly the first few decisions are, do you require and evergreen or deciduous hedge?
What is the ideal ultimate height you are hoping to keep the hedge at? Do you require a fast or slow growing variety thinking about the maintenance?
How dense do you require the fully grown hedge to be? Evergreens such as Yew and Box are extremely popular choices, often used to create formal tightly knitted hedges and being fairly slow growing are low maintenance only requiring trimming once a year. Laurels and Leylandii are also commonly used evergreens to create faster growing screening to great effect.
Portuguese laurel is a stunning fast-growing evergreen hedge that works well for warm, coastal regions. It grows quickly but is easy to maintain due to its mostly spreading habit. With pruning once per year, it quickly makes a very dense hedge. Portuguese laurel thrives in warm climates and does well in drought, smog, and salt. It grows in a wide range of soils, including poor soils. It is deer-resistant.
It can take full sun and partial shade. Though a little slower-growing than the English laurel or Schip laurel, Portuguese laurel makes an excellent fast-growing hedge with less maintenance required. Its thickness makes it one of the best hedges for privacy, wind-block, and noise-block. It is also perfect for hiding fences. American Arborvitae is a popular plant for evergreen fast-growing hedges. It is extremely cold-hardy so it is especially useful in the Northern US.
They are fast growing shrubs but easy to maintain as a clipped hedge with one pruning per year. It is low-maintenance and fairly drought-tolerant once established.
It does well in urban environments. Unfortunately, deer can be a problem. American Arborvitae make a wonderful, low-maintenance, evergreen, fast-growing hedge. It works especially well as a privacy hedge. Green Giant Arborvitae is the big exception to the rule that Arborvitae grow slowly. This hybrid Thuja typically grows 3 feet per year, with some reports circulating of it growing 5 feet in one year! If you need a fast-growing, large, evergreen Arborvitae hedge, Green Giant is a perfect choice.
It will take some work to maintain if you want to keep it as a medium-sized hedge, but one pruning per year will suffice for a large hedge. Green Giant grows in full sun to partial shade and is resistant to many diseases and pests, including deer.
Some homeowners want a very small hedge that simply delineates areas of their yard. If you are interested in a hedge that meets these purposes, then consider growing one that is under five feet. This will allow you to easily see over your hedge, if necessary, which is imperative for keeping an eye on children or pets in the area.
It will still serve as a physical barrier to help block out an area of your property. While you can trim most any tree or bush to a small size, selecting one that naturally grows smaller will ensure not only that it is full and healthy, but that it does not have any problems requiring constant care. When you opt for a larger tree and simply continue to trim it down to size, you will quickly find that it takes a lot of effort to keep your hedge looking clean and neat.
A happy medium for many people is a hedge that is between five and twenty feet tall. These hedges form a physical barrier, improve privacy, and can make it difficult for people to see on your property. As long as you have a ladder that is tall enough to reach the top of your hedge, you should not struggle with keeping your hedge looking its best. It is very important to maintain your landscaping and the aesthetic appeal of your home.
Make sure that when you choose trees that will stay between five and twenty feet tall, you plant them close enough together to form a thick hedge. Otherwise, you will struggle with having a lot of their space near to the ground, and this can be very unattractive and defeat the purpose of planting a hedge in the first place.
If you want to be able to completely block the view that other people have of your yard and home, then you will want to choose trees or shrubs that can grow incredibly high. It is not uncommon for some plants to reach up to 60 feet tall, which is sure to provide you with all of the privacy that you want your home.
One difficulty to consider in growing a hedge that is above 20 feet tall is how you are going to trim it and ensure that it looks its best. Without constant care, it is very likely that your new hedge will look unruly and untamed, and this can detract from the beauty of your hedge and of your yard. Depending on how much sun you get in your yard, you will have to choose different plants for your hedge. While some plants do very well in full sun, others can quickly become burned and damaged.
When this happens you are likely to deal with having to replace your plants as they will not look as healthy or be as full. Even if you have a tree or a shrub that you would prefer to use for your hedge, when you do not have the correct light requirements in your yard, you will find that it is very difficult to grow your new hedge without your plants dying and needing to be replaced.
Trees and shrubs that require full sun may be able to grow in partial shade, but they will take a lot longer to grow. Some plants need a mix of sun and shade so that they can grow as well as possible. When you look for trees or shrubs that need only partial shade then you will really need to consider where you in your yard you are going to plant your new hedge. For this reason, it is imperative to consider what trees you want to use so that you can ensure that you will have a thick hedge all year long.
When you make a mistake by buying plants that are better suited for full sun and then place them in the shade, then they will struggle to fill out as they grow and will usually be very tall and skinny. While you can combat this by planting trees closer together to form your hedge, this can get quite expensive and will result in a hedge that is not healthy.
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