7 Great Privacy Trees and Hedges

Everyone wants privacy, and its important!

Some trees excel at performing their privacy wall role better than others. Deciduous trees can provide privacy for about 5-7 months of the year before they lose their leaves depending on type of tree and your USDA zone.

Evergreen trees can offer privacy for 12 months of the year. Some evergreen varieties are faster growing, and some slower.

7 great evergreen Privacy Trees that we suggest are the following:

Green Giant Arborvitae

Schip Laurel, or Skip Laurel

Norway Spruce

Nellie Stevens Holly

American Holly

Cryptomeria japonica

Emerald Green Arborvitae

Fraser Fir

Thuja plicata – ‘Green Giant’ arborvitae (4′ – 5′ and 5 1/2′ – 6 1/2’+)

Prunus laurocerasus ‘Schipkaensis’

Picea abies, Norway Spruce

Ilex – ‘Nellie Stevens’

Thuja occidentalis – ‘Emerald Green’ Arborvitae (4′ – 5’+ high)