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Hedges And Screens

Hedges and screens are living architecture: privacy, windbreak, and backdrop for softer planting. The right plant must reach the height you need without constant panic pruning, and it must suit the light on that boundary — not the light in the middle of the lawn.

Mix evergreen privacy with deciduous seasonal interest where winter views matter. A screen that only works in leaf is a summer solution with a winter surprise.

What matters most for Hedges And Screens

1. Define the job: privacy, wind, or backdrop — height and density follow from that.
2. Check mature width as carefully as height; hedges steal paths.
3. Match evergreen vs deciduous to how the boundary should look in winter.
4. Leave room for maintenance access on both sides where possible.
5. Underplant later; do not ask one hedge to also be the entire flower garden.

Want the method, not only the list?

This hub browses every plant tagged for hedges and screens. For privacy vs windbreak jobs, evergreen honesty, and curated role shortlists, read the guide Plants for Hedges — then return here to scan the full catalog.

Starter kit for Hedges And Screens

1. Evergreen seasonal flower — Winter's Star Camellia: privacy with cool-season bloom.
2. Deciduous seasonal screen — Tatarian Dogwood 'Argenteo-marginata': variegated summer leaf and winter stem colour.
3. Softer flowering mass — Smooth Hydrangea: for informal screens where hard evergreen lines feel too stiff.

Browse members for mature size cues, then open profiles before you plant a boundary you cannot prune or reverse easily.

Plants for Hedges And Screens (1351)

• Tamarisk Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Hazel Full Sun10–20 ft (310–610 cm)
• Antelope Bitterbrush Full Sun2–6 ft (60–180 cm)
• Central Mexico Organ Pipe Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Leyland cypress Full Sun60–70 ft (1830–2130 cm)
• Mexican Olive Full Sun15–20 ft (460–610 cm)
• Texas Kidneywood Full Sun6–15 ft (180–460 cm)
• Damson Full Sun12–15 ft (370–460 cm)
• Desert Broom Full Sun4–12 ft (120–370 cm)
• White Mangrove Full Sun30–40 ft (910–1220 cm)
• Mountain Laurel Partial Sun5–15 ft (150–460 cm)
• Rugosa Rose Full Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
• Rose 'Hansa' Full Sun4–5 ft (120–150 cm)
• Dog Rose Full Sun3–15 ft (90–460 cm)
• Red Bottlebrush Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
• Cenizo Full Sun5–8 ft (150–240 cm)
• Ocotillo Full Sun8–20 ft (240–610 cm)
• Toyon Full Sun6–8 ft (180–240 cm)
• California Rose Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Eastern Hemlock Full Sun40–70 ft (1220–2130 cm)
• Climbing Prairie Rose Full Sun6–12 ft (180–370 cm)
• Osage Orange Full Sun30–60 ft (910–1830 cm)
• Mule's Fat Full Sun6–12 ft (180–370 cm)
• Chamiso Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Florida Swampprivet Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• California Laurel Full Sun20–80 ft (610–2440 cm)
• Red Alder Full Sun40–50 ft (1220–1520 cm)
• Sweet Briar Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Sea Buckthorn Full Sun8–12 ft (240–370 cm)
• Painted Bamboo Full Sun40–60 ft (1220–1830 cm)
• New Zealand Fire Tree Full Sun30–35 ft (910–1070 cm)
• California Buckthorn Full Sun6–15 ft (180–460 cm)
• Silver Buffaloberry Full Sun8–12 ft (240–370 cm)
• Virginia Sweetspire Full Sun3–10 ft (90–310 cm)
• Wax Myrtle Full Sun10–20 ft (310–610 cm)
• Prickly Rose Full Sun3–7 ft (90–210 cm)
• Nootka Rose Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Northern Bush Honeysuckle Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Kodiak® Orange Diervilla x 'G2X88544' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Kodiak® Black Diervilla x 'G2X88544' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Jojoba Full Sun3–7 ft (90–210 cm)
• Elf Mountain Laurel Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Texas Mountain Laurel Full Sun8–30 ft (240–910 cm)
• Scotch Broom Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Hollyleaf Redberry Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Cascara Full Sun20–40 ft (610–1220 cm)
• Carolina Buckthorn Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Burmese Fishtail Palm Full Sun15–25 ft (460–760 cm)
• Bush Allamanda Full Sun4–5 ft (120–150 cm)
• Winter Daphne 'Aureomarginata' Partial Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Yesterday Full Sun3–8 ft (90–240 cm)
• Bush Clock Vine Full Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
• Rose 'Canary Bird' Full Sun5–12 ft (150–370 cm)
• Rose Tess of The d'Urbervilles Full Sun4–8 ft (120–240 cm)
• Rose Sophy's Rose Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Rose Scepter'd Isle Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Rose California Dreamin'™ Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Rose Bishop's Castle Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Rose Anna's Promise Full Sun5–6 ft (150–180 cm)
• Rhododendron dauricum ‘Mid-Winter’