{"id":2582,"date":"2019-09-27T00:01:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T07:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-359\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T09:11:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T16:11:21","slug":"shrubs-or-trees-that-provide-privacy-screens","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/shrubs-or-trees-that-provide-privacy-screens\/","title":{"rendered":"shrubs or trees that provide privacy screens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What shrubs or trees will grow quickly to provide a privacy screen above the 6 foot fence between me and my neighbor? My back yard is only about 20 feet from house to fence, and the first 10 feet is a concrete patio.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The classic fast-growing evergreens for hedges are <i>Thuja<\/i> &#8216;Green Giant&#8217; or Leyland cypress (x <i>Cupressocyparis leylandii<\/i>), but they are a bit boring and because they grow so fast (1-3 ft\/yr) it can be a big chore to keep them at a reasonable height. These trees do not stop at 8 feet, but could get to 30-50 feet.<\/p>\n<p>Another fast evergreen is <i>Pyracantha<\/i> (<i>Pyracantha crenatoserrata<\/i> to ~8 feet). It is a shrub, but is easily trained\/pruned to grow flat. In the past <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forestfarm.com\">Forestfarm<\/a> nursery in Oregon has sold both of these, as do most large nurseries. Be aware, however, that this shrub has fierce thorns!<\/p>\n<p>Various types of bamboo could be an option for a fast screen, but plants may be expensive and running bamboo species MUST have a root barrier installed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What shrubs or trees will grow quickly to provide a privacy screen above the 6 foot fence between me and my neighbor? My back yard is only about 20 feet from house to fence, and the first 10 feet is a concrete patio. The classic fast-growing evergreens for hedges are Thuja &#8216;Green Giant&#8217; or Leyland cypress (x Cupressocyparis leylandii), but they are a bit boring and because they grow so fast (1-3 ft\/yr) it can be a big chore to&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/shrubs-or-trees-that-provide-privacy-screens\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">shrubs or trees that provide privacy screens<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[339,527,492,528],"class_list":["post-2582","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-hedges","keyword-pyracantha","keyword-screens","keyword-thuja"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/2582"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=2582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}