Wax Myrtle
This outdoor plant, also known as the bayberry tree, is one of the fastest growing shrubs that can also resist drought, sandy soil, beach exposure, and salt spray. Live on the coast? This is the perfect solution for you!
They shoot up to about twenty feet tall since their growth rate can be up to five feet a year, so wax myrtle is an excellent choice if you need a quick fix for your medium-sized hedge.
If you do live in a beachy coastal area and you’re interested in planting a beautiful evergreen shrub or hedge, make sure you pick out some wax myrtle from your garden center.
This plant’s visually pleasing and glossy fragrant evergreen leaves will provide you with privacy all year long.
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.!!!!