Best 5 Trees For Privacy To Grow In Georgia
It doesn’t matter if you have the best neighbors on the block, it is still important that you do your best to ensure that your backyard will remain private.
In spite of the fact that wooden and metal fences are always available to get the job done, planting tall, fast-growing trees is an even more lasting and decorative option for fencing your space.
Agricultural plantings of evergreen, cypress, flowering trees, and other kinds create a lush green fence or living wall to separate your property from the neighbors.
When planted close together, they create a beautiful green strip down the middle of your yard.
When choosing trees for your privacy, you must first determine the USDA Hardiness zone in which you live (find yours here) to ensure that the ones you choose will survive the local winters.
It’s also important to think about the size of the area – a small backyard may need a tall and narrow tree like an Italian Cypress, while a larger park might need a tree with a wider spread like a Weeping Willow.
In order to understand the problem, it is necessary to realize that all of the trees on this list grow fairly rapidly, some of them growing as much as three feet per year until they reach their maturity.
To make sure that you do not have overcrowding of your trees, you will want to prune them regularly and space them out to prevent them from crowding one another.
Brodie Eastern Red Cedar Tree
There is no other tree that can compare to the Brodie Eastern Red Cedar, as it provides the cedar’s highly desired characteristic traits in a dense, columnar form.
Its sleek, smaller growth habit allows for the Brodie to fit perfectly in any space since it has a compact growth habit.
Moreover, it appears to be one of the most hardy and tolerant of the trees that are currently on the market:
- You can find this plant growing anywhere in the United States, in any soil type or environment – dry or wet, cold or hot. As there are no diseases and pests, it means that there are no harsh chemicals or sprays that need to be used.
- As there are no diseases and pests, it means that there are no harsh chemicals or sprays that need to be used.
- This plant does not require much maintenance due to its hardiness, its tolerance to diseases, and its resistance to pests.
Taking a Brodie for example, you are sure to get its light and feathery dark green foliage that is packed tightly into its upward-growing branches with ease.
There are a few trees that can make an impressive specimen in a small yard, and in larger yards, a row of several trees can form a perfect hedge or screen.
The most important thing is that wherever you plant your Brodies, you will have a fuller landscape and be able to increase the value of your home.
Juniper ‘Skyrocket’
In areas where you don’t want to deal with height issues, our Skyrocket Juniper makes a perfect choice for those who love dense greenery, but don’t have a lot of space available.
Because it is both drought resistant and virtually maintenance free, the Skyrocket is not only easy to own, but also cost effective.
Are there any other perks? The color of the paper is a deep blue-green. The great thing about this shade of orange is that it remains vibrant throughout the year and does not fade or brown.
Isn’t that something to be excited about? There are some plants you can plant and forget about, but Skyrocket Juniper is one of them.
It doesn’t require any trimming, staking or pruning to stay looking good.
As well as being pest-free, our Skyrocket eliminates the need for harsh chemicals by removing any pests from your home. It is just a matter of throwing it in the sun and watching it grow like crazy.
This plant can even handle a few hours of shade throughout the day with ease. It’s proving to be a fast-growing crop, with nearly a foot of growth or more a year reported.
It is a favorite when it comes to urban gardens and locations where a tree with a wide base would be unwelcome.
Spartan Juniper Spiral Topiary
In spite of its rough appearance, Spartan Juniper is one of the most hardy and durable evergreen trees on Earth.
The majority of growers now consider it to be the most popular upright Juniper available in the market today.
Furthermore, the Spartan is one of the toughest junipers that you can find, since it has an excellent tolerance to heat, cold, drought, and salt.
This means that it is a very easy plant to grow, regardless of where you live, especially since it thrives in pretty much any soil type.
This tree also grows in a columnar shape with very dense branches, which makes it an excellent choice for those who are seeking a privacy hedge or wind barrier.
In other words, whether you plant it along streets, fences or even as a standalone plant, it thrives without any effort on your part.
Spring Grove® Arborvitae
This Arborvitae Spring Grove, Thuja plicata ‘Grovepli’, a selection of Proven Winners, has been selected for its outstanding winter color and hardiness.
No matter how harsh the Midwest winters may be, the plant will still maintain a deep green color. In fact, this plant survives temperatures as low as -25 degrees!
The dense, dense pyramidal habit makes it ideal for use in landscape designs, borders, screens, specimen trees, and windbreaks.
This species does best in an environment where trees are spaced 12 to 15 feet apart.
It does very well in an environment with very few deer. Compared to other Arborvitaes, Spring Grove is a very fast-growing tree.
Early in the spring, fertilize your trees with a slow release evergreen fertilizer. Evergreen fertilizers can be used in a wide variety of soil pH conditions.
As a specimen tree, as a holding tree, or in winter gardens, this tree is an excellent choice.
Whether you’re looking to create a fast-growing, deer-resistant privacy screen or want to keep a few deer out, Spring Grove is for you!
Castle Spire® Blue Holly
You will undoubtedly want to protect your castle if that’s what you consider it to be.
There is no reason for a living fortification that is fit for a king not to be included.
There are many qualities that make Castle Spire® Holly (Ilex x meserveae ‘Hachfee’) truly special.
An impressive evergreen bush, Castle Spire® has that clean, iconic leaf shape that makes it stand out from the crowd.
A very beautiful, glossy, evergreen plant that has highly ornamental foliage that is scalloped and pointed!
A new version was developed that had improved branching and even a more lustrous, classic Holly leaf. Throughout the year, it is charming, but really shines in the winter when it is covered in snow.
Its dark, shiny green foliage looks handsome at any time of the year due to its height, pyramidal shape, and elegant appearance!
In spring, this plant begins to bloom with tiny white flowers and later adds ornate red berries, making it a plant with four seasons of interest.
I picture this narrow Holly, standing resolutely among the white snow, with its blue-green, glossy leaves shining in the sun.
During the spring, it’s studded with ivories snowflakes, and during the autumn, it’s adorned with a number of bright red berries.
Just like a Christmas card, it almost looks as if you could see a red Cardinal or a Blue Jay seated among its branches. This is definitely a beautiful display that you have to see to appreciate.
Golden Rain Tree
Golden Rain Trees (Koelreuteria paniculata), one of the most popular landscape trees, bloom for a month – or more – in summer thanks to the lovely yellow flowers that bloom on them.
Their stunning beauty will draw everyone’s attention. And they have a heavenly fragrance that will blow you away!
Firecracker Tree is a favorite of kids because of its 15-inch panicle of beautiful yellow blooms with red centers and 15-inch long panicles of flowers.
One of the few species of Golden Rain Trees that bloom in the late spring, they have a display of intense yellow flowers. A rarely seen color for trees, yellow stands out in the Hawaiian landscape.
The pinkish to bronze buds of the leaves emerge in spring and turn almost purple before opening to a bright green color when they open.
As many as 17 individual leaflets are present within each leaf, which makes up the entire leaf. You may appreciate the soft, feathery appearance of this pinnate of bipinnately compound leaves, but our horticulture team calls it a pinnate.
Those brilliant yellow flowers also pop due to the deep blue-green color in this arrangement! It goes without saying that in the fall, you will be delighted to know that the leaves give a beautiful display of orange-yellow color.
There is something attractive about this tree that seems to be doing something ornamental in the landscape at all times. The plant grows between two and three feet a year once it is established in certain parts of the country.
Golden Rain Trees are probably well known for their lovely papery, air-filled fruit capsules, which look like tiny little lanterns dangling from the branches in the autumn when they are in bloom.
It starts out flushed with salmon pink-orange and then turns a light pistachio green, then deepens into a dark chocolate brown.
