Privacy Shrubs & Landscaping

Types

• Shrubs suitable for creating privacy screens include possumhaw, Japanese yew, catawba rhododendron, Rose of Sharon, winterberry and the common lilac, according to the University of Illinois Extension. Different kinds of privets, dogwoods and viburnums also serve this purpose.

Size

• The Chinese juniper Fairview hybrid is representative of the kinds of evergreen shrubs suitable for privacy screens. Growing to 15 feet tall, this shrub features dense branches and evergreen needles providing the landscape with year-round color. The shrub's large size allows its use along roadsides to block the view of passersby.

Benefits

• The late lilac (Syringa villosa) is a shrub landscapers often plant along property lines for effective screens, according to the Missouri Botanical Garden. A flowering species that prevents obstructs prying eyes, it produces attractive flowers for weeks after it blooms in May.