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Zone 8b plants for privacy
Posted on 7/11/25 at 9:47 am
Posted on 7/11/25 at 9:47 am
Anyone have suggestions for the best plants to use for privacy in 8b hardiness zone? I have a section of the backyard that looks right through to the neighbors back door. We have low "country-style" fencing, so building a bigger fence isn't an option. The plants would need to be 8' tall or so.
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Posted on 7/11/25 at 9:50 am to AllDayEveryDay
Sweet viburnums or podocarpus
Posted on 7/11/25 at 10:23 am to AllDayEveryDay
Sweet viburnums. Mine are near a live oak and they still grew quickly. They're 4 years old and about 7' tall.
Posted on 7/11/25 at 11:13 am to Loup
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Sweet viburnums. Mine are near a live oak and they still grew quickly. They're 4 years old and about 7' tall.
How "thin" in terms of width from front to back can these be trimmed too while not hurting the plant and still looking good?
Posted on 7/11/25 at 12:10 pm to AllDayEveryDay
If you want 7 feet fast like 3 years, then Chinese privit(may be illegal in LA but not Texas and you may have to walk around and pull your own), some other ligustrum like lucidium, or southern wax myrtle(native) can not be beat. These are all junk shrubs but make great walls.
If 8b you may get away with oleander or bamboo for a possible wall in 2 years.
If you want giant and fast, hard to beat arborvitae.
If you actually want something nice, maybe cherry laurel or a holly variety would be better.
If 8b you may get away with oleander or bamboo for a possible wall in 2 years.
If you want giant and fast, hard to beat arborvitae.
If you actually want something nice, maybe cherry laurel or a holly variety would be better.
Posted on 7/11/25 at 12:47 pm to AllDayEveryDay
Himalayan cedar.
Posted on 7/11/25 at 1:07 pm to AllDayEveryDay
Tea olives are an option. Not very fast growing, but are a nice potential, IMO
Posted on 7/11/25 at 1:40 pm to East Coast Band
Red tip fotinas
Posted on 7/11/25 at 1:51 pm to AllDayEveryDay
Jim Putnam’s zone 8 playlist for screening plants below may help you. He’s been in the process of putting all his many videos into playlists from his old channel. So I’m not sure if his playlists are in final form just yet. Great channel to subscribe to.
HortTube Zone 8 screening playlist
HortTube Zone 8 screening playlist
Posted on 7/11/25 at 2:20 pm to Dallaswho
quote:holy shite, no. That plant is evil. I have an infestation of it on the creek bank behind me and it is the bane of my existence. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone
Chinese privit
Posted on 7/11/25 at 3:48 pm to AllDayEveryDay
Feijoa/pineapple guava. Makes a great hedge and great fruit.
Posted on 7/11/25 at 4:01 pm to cgrand
It’s literally called privit for private. I have one (sinense) at the end of my privacy row and it’s 8x9 fully dense in three years. Love it. Obviously it has problems with the ecosystem and all that but not if you trim it and keep it from flowering.
Bonus: I didn’t even plant it. It just started growing there in the perfect place to extend the hedge. It’s already outshining the wax Myrtles(same age) and yaupons(10 year old).
Bonus: I didn’t even plant it. It just started growing there in the perfect place to extend the hedge. It’s already outshining the wax Myrtles(same age) and yaupons(10 year old).
Posted on 7/11/25 at 6:39 pm to AllDayEveryDay
I agree with sweet viburnum but knock out roses grow fast, wide, and tall. Certain Loropetalum
Posted on 7/11/25 at 7:18 pm to Dallaswho
quote:yeah, that’s kinda the problem LOL. And good look if you ever want it gone
I didn’t even plant it. It just started growing there
Posted on 7/11/25 at 10:32 pm to AllDayEveryDay
Elaeagnus, known in the nurseries as Russian Olive. They can easily reach over 8 feet.They’re not a true olive, only resembles them.
They grow fast and easily on whatever soil they’re in. Their silvery leaves are abundant and evergreen. They grow so well that in some parts of the country they are considered invasive.
They grow fast and easily on whatever soil they’re in. Their silvery leaves are abundant and evergreen. They grow so well that in some parts of the country they are considered invasive.
Posted on 7/12/25 at 5:41 am to Craft
quote:this- easy as heck to grow. Will handle all kinds of soil and light conditions.
Sweet viburnums
Posted on 7/12/25 at 6:13 am to DukeSilver
quote:that’s the issue with the viburnums vs podo’s. They are not quite as receptive to being sheared tight vertically. I’d say for the health and vigor of the shrub it’d need 30”-36” width maintained at least.
How "thin" in terms of width from front to back can these be trimmed too while not hurting the plant and still looking good?
This post was edited on 7/12/25 at 6:50 am
Posted on 7/12/25 at 12:07 pm to AllDayEveryDay
Hard to beat clumping bamboo for fast privacy screens. We have a nice hedge of Golden Goddess on a section of our pool patio. The snow did bite it back, but it's growing like crazy again.
(not my pool, this is from Ninth Ward Nursery's FB page... they are a bamboo specific nursery)
(not my pool, this is from Ninth Ward Nursery's FB page... they are a bamboo specific nursery)
Posted on 7/13/25 at 6:22 pm to RaginCajunz
I’m going to venture to guess the downvotes don’t understand that not all bamboo species are the same
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:33 pm to RaginCajunz
If you have full sun, wax myrtle grows like wildfire in central Al and can get thick but can also get
Out of control.
Out of control.
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