Our most popular Privacy Trees

 The Leyland cypress (Cupressus) is America's most-planted privacy tree for a reason: It grows fast (up to 5 feet per year) and has an iconic columnar silhouette that makes it ideal as a dense, living wall when planted 8 feet apart. 

The green giant arborvitae is a large, vigorous, fast-growing evergreen—shooting up by as much as 3 feet per year until maturity. Its natural pyramidal to conical form boasts dense, rich green foliage that darkens or bronzes slightly in the winter.

This is an exceptional landscape tree for a screen, hedge, or single specimen. It is also resistant to wind once established and can withstand heavy ice or snow, making it a good choice for a natural windbreak.

 Emerald Green Arborvitae are a type of evergreen that grows at a relatively slow rate, less than one foot per year. Once established, they usually grow about 6-9 inches a year. These evergreens can take 10-15 years to reach their mature height of 10 to 15 feet. They have a spread of around 3-4 feet at maturity. 

 Height varies from 6 to 30 feet tall depending on species and cultivar. Width is similar to height. Smaller leafed cultivars of holly tea olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus), Fortune’s tea olive (O. x fortunei) and Delavay tea olive (O. delavayi) make good hedges and can be maintained as low as 4 feet tall. 

Holly trees have a relatively moderate growth rate and can reach an average of 15 feet tall and 12 feet wide at maturity. Ideal conditions for these winter interest trees include full sun and well draining soils. Hollies are fairly hardy though and will tolerate some partial shade. 

 Cryptomeria is a very large evergreen tree, reaching up to 230 ft tall and 13 ft trunk diameter, with red-brown bark which peels in vertical strips.