Can you all give me some recommendations for plants that will form a tight hedge? I want a fast growing plant that does not get more than 2-3 feet tall and 2-3 feet wide. I do not want boxwood. Evergreen with glossy leaves is preferable; flowers do not matter to me.
I collected some information from websites and a couple of books for you. I am making one other plant suggestion, and it is the last item.
Euonymus japonicus ‘Microphyllus’
Ilex crenata ‘Northern Beauty’ is described on the website of Great Plant Picks
Ilex glabra ‘Shamrock’
See Missouri Botanical Garden for information and an image.
This can be grown as a dense hedge. It can reach about 8 feet, but takes pruning well. Evergreen and attractive all year. Small, oval, tooth-edged leaves. Fragrant tiny white flowers in spring. Here in Seattle it can take the full sun but partial shade is okay too.
Great Plant Picks is a local organization with information about plants that do particularly well in the Pacific Northwest.