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10 Stunning Outdoor Plants That Also Offer Privacy

May 16, 2022 · 9 min read
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Clumping Bamboo

Clumping bamboo is a cold, hardy, and graceful privacy outdoor plant that’s often used for bamboo floors. These gorgeous outdoor plants are rapid-growing trees that mature vertically. They also form dense clumps, but without invading the surrounding areas.

That means that you can grow them in smaller spaces just fine. Using bamboo as shrubs is also beneficial. They peak at about ten to fifteen feet when they mature, and they’re high enough to provide an incredible privacy screen.

If you want a plant that doesn’t invade or doesn’t spread too much, then this one is for you. It grows well in containers as well, and you can even use them as patio privacy plants.

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  1. Nancy Loveland says:
    September 13, 2022 at 6:57 pm

    As a lifetime gardener with an acre of gardens, I still do have one neighbor who is nasty. He’s upwind, and sends me weed seeds from his riverbank he rarely tends to. Screens would be nice to keep out the seeds, if they could.
    You do not list zones. You do not always list normal heights. You do not always list sun/pt shade/shade. That pic of ‘jack frost privet’ shows not white margins. Bamboo is not invasive? HA!! Seen it before, especially in warmer zones. I realize you had only so much room, but straightforward listing of the important stuff is so much more helpful than amusing literature.

    Thanks!!

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    1. Ccr says:
      September 30, 2022 at 7:14 am

      Privet is dangerous to horses. Bamboo is extremely invasive. What about fig trees or magnolias?

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  2. Donna says:
    September 14, 2022 at 12:47 pm

    How much does the jack frost privet run. I am in BROOKSVILLE Florida. Would that be good here.

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  3. Cyndy Belt says:
    September 14, 2022 at 11:28 pm

    Can you tell me what outdoor plant would give us privacy?
    We live in Casa Grande Arizona. We are in between Phoenix and Tuson.

    Thank you.!!!!

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