Creating A Living Screen
Do you need privacy between your neighbors, block road noise or a less than desirable view? Planting a living screen may be your answer!
Here’s a few plants to consider:
1. Elaeagnus
Terrible name, great plant! The silver-green leaf color gives you great contrast in your landscape. Highly drought tolerant once established and can handle almost any soil conditions. They grow quickly to a 8’x8’ and taller and thrive in full sun or part sun. They are DEER RESISTANT too!!
Olive-green aromatic foliage makes this plant stand out along with the bluish berries produced by the female plants. The standard size will reach 15 feet tall while the dwarf species reaches 6-8 feet tall. It is drought tolerant once established and grows well in both moist and dry soil conditions. Plant in full sun or part shade. They are DEER RESISTANT too!!
Very attractive holly with dark green, leathery foliage. Dense branching makes it an excellent hedge screen. It produces large, bright orange-red berries in late Fall. Fast growing tree/shrub reaching heights of 15’- 25’. Grows well in sun or partial sun in both dry and moist soil conditions.
A fast-growing coniferous evergreen tree – up to 3’ of growth per year. Has a natural Christmas tree shape but can be grown close together and trimmed as hedges. Prefers full sun for best performance. This tree can reach 50+ feet if left untrimmed.
5. Sweet Olive
Plant in the shade in our hotter climate. It most often reaches 10 -12 ft high and 8 feet wide with white, fragrant flowers from fall through spring. It is an evergreen which gives good coverage year-round.
This upright evergreen is quickly becoming a popular screen that reaches 8-10 feet tall and 6–8 feet wide. Plant in part sun or shade. Reddish new growth maturing to dark green adds to its beauty. With little pest and disease trouble this plant is growing in popularity quickly.
A dense evergreen shrub that grows to 10-12 feet tall and wide. It is deer resistant and has loose clusters of white fragrant flowers in spring and red berries in fall. It is heat loving and will grow in all types of light conditions.
