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10 Stunning Outdoor Plants That Also Offer Privacy

May 16, 2022 · Garden
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Photo by Peter Turner Photography

Jack Frost Privet

This outdoor plant is also known as Japanese privet, and it’s one of the largest evergreen shrubs with bright, variegated leaves that have an irregular margin of white. They extend at six to ten inches each year and only grow to about ten feet tall.

The Jack Frost privet grows very well in partial shade and full sun and is an excellent example of deer-resistant shade plants. If you’re looking for privacy shrubs and hedges that don’t have dull green leaves, look no further than this privacy screen plant.

You can even turn this bush into a precision hedge plant with occasional trimming. This trusted tool from Amazon can help you out!

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4 responses to “10 Stunning Outdoor Plants That Also Offer Privacy”

  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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    • 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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