- Flowering shrubs as a privacy screen - X beautiful bushes for the garden
- Evergreen bushes - privacy screens at any time of the year
Nobody likes to be at the mercy of strangers in the garden or on the terrace. Where powerful walls or massive fences do not harmonize with the design plan, decorative bushes are useful as reliable privacy protection. This guide gives tips on which shrubs are suitable as guardians of your privacy.
The panicle hydrangea offers a beautiful, blooming privacy screen
Flowering shrubs as a privacy screen - X beautiful bushes for the garden
If you value a blooming privacy screen with brightly colored leaves in autumn, we have discovered some gems in Mother Nature's casket for you. The following shrubs are planted in rows to form an opaque flowering hedge and only shed their leaves late in the year:
| Blooming privacy screen | trade name | botanical name | heyday | growth height | growth width | special feature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purple Dogwood 'Sibirica' | Cornus alba sibirica | May and June | 200 to 300 cm | 150 to 300 cm | coral shoots in winter | |
| star bush | Deutzia magnifica | May and June | 250 to 350 cm | 150 to 250 cm | lush double white flowers | |
| Weigela 'Bristol Ruby' | Weigelia | May to July, second flowering in autumn | 200 to 300 cm | 150 to 200 cm | ruby red flowers | |
| Panicle Hydrangea 'Pinky Winky' | Hydrangea paniculata | July to September | 150 to 220 cm | 100 to 150 cm | bicolored flowers in pink and white | |
| Buddleia 'Cardinal' | Buddleja davidii | July to September | 200 to 300 cm | 150 to 200 cm | fragrant purple flowers |
Evergreen bushes - privacy screens at any time of the year
Evergreen deciduous and coniferous shrubs are high on the creative gardener's wish list when planting a year-round privacy screen. Let the following selection inspire you for your design plan for an opaque enclosure:
| Evergreen privacy screen | trade name | botanical name | heyday | growth height | growth width | special feature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| conifer | Tree of Life 'Golden Emerald' | Thuja occidenalis | neither blooms nor bears fruit | 200 to 500 cm | 70 to 170 cm | golden needle dress |
| conifer | Blue rocket juniper 'Blue Arrow' | Juniperus scopulorum | neither blooms nor bears fruit | 400 to 550 cm | 80 to 100 cm | blue-grey needles |
| conifer | Column cypress 'Columnaris' | Chamaecyparis lawsoniana | neither blooms nor bears fruit | 300 to 600 cm | 100 to 175 cm | steel blue to grey-green needles |
| deciduous shrub | Cherry laurel 'Caucasica' | Prunus laurocerasus | May and June | 200 to 350 cm | 80 to 120 cm | narrow, dark green glossy leaves |
| deciduous shrub | Firethorn 'Red Column' | Pyracantha coccinea | May and June | 200 to 300 cm | 150 to 200 cm | armed with strong thorns |
| deciduous shrub | Large-leaved barberry | Berberis julianae | May and June | 200 to 300 cm | 200 to 300 cm | yellow flowers above leathery green leaves |
tips
The creative front garden design usually has to take into account a small amount of space. You don't have to do without a tasteful privacy screen. With a combination of wooden fence and flowering climbing plants or with slender conifers, such as blue rocket juniper 'Blue Arrow' (Juniperus scopulorum), you can create a space-saving and stylish enclosure with a privacy factor.