Leyland Cypress
For another fast-growing outdoor plant, give the Cupressocyparis leylandii a shot! The Leyland cypress is one of the fastest growing privacy plants that will be sure to provide you with your desired seclusion.
That’s probably why it’s one of the most popular screen plants in the United States of America. Not only does it grow roughly three to five feet per year, but it gives your backyard a pleasing, feathery evergreen that matures uniformly and symmetrically.
Leyland cypress trees are drought tolerant and tend to prefer full sun, but they can also grow in partial shade. Just plant them around six feet apart, and in no time, your yard fosters the growth of this rapidly increasing privacy hedge.
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!!
Privet is dangerous to horses. Bamboo is extremely invasive. What about fig trees or magnolias?
How much does the jack frost privet run. I am in BROOKSVILLE Florida. Would that be good here.
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.!!!!