Creating a Privacy Screen
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★Looking for a way to create a little privacy from your neighbors? Or maybe you’re just looking for a creative fix to decorate that white picket fence around the backyard? Whether using flowers, shrubs or evergreen plants, planting a privacy screen is an easy, functional way to add beauty and color to your backyard.
Tools
Compost
Landscape Spray Paint
Mulch
Rototiller
Round Shovel
Upright Evergreen Plant
Identify and measure out planting bed for privacy screen, spray area with spray paint
Prepare planting bed by tilling bed area and incorporating soil conditioner
Place plants in a straight line or zig-zag pattern, spacing them no closer together than their diameter at maturity.
At maturity, Green Giant Arborvitae will spread 6′, space plants at least 6′ apart no matter the size at planting.
Plant the plants according to how they were spaced out
Water thoroughly
Spread 1-2″ of decorative mulch in bed
Recommended Evergreen Plants for Privacy Screens:
- Green Giant Arborvitae
- Emerald Arborvitae
- Nellie Stevens Holly
- Emily Bruner Holly
- Needlepoint Holly
- Sky Pencil Japanese Holly
- Chindo Viburnum
- Spartan Juniper (sandy soils, full sun)
- Sasanqua Camellia
- Yoshino Cryptomeria