Desert Privacy Shrubs

Catclaw

• The catclaw shrub is a type of shrub that can grow up to 20 feet tall. Most catclaws grow between 10 and 15 feet high. The leaves of the catclaw shrub are dark green, small and waxy with rounded tips. During March through October, the plant generates several batches of fuzzy, white flowers. The shrub gets its name from the curved spines that grow on the branches resembling a cat's claws. The catclaw shrub grows best in arid, desert zones, such as Texas, Arizona, California and Nevada, in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Hardiness Zones 9 to 11. This plant prefers full sun.

Sugar Bush

• The Sugar Bush shrub can be used as a privacy shrub in desert regions. This plant will grow up to six feet high, and also grows six feet wide. The leaves of the Sugar Bush shrub are coarse and dark green. The plant grows best in full to partial sun. The Sugar Bush grows best in the desert regions of Arizona and California, and in USDA Hardiness Zones 8 to 10.

Feather Bush

• The Feather Bush tree is an extremely tall privacy hedge. It can grow up to 15 feet high. The leaves of the Feather Bush plant are dark green and fan out from the center of the branch like palm leaves. The Feather Bush blooms in late spring through summer with puffy, white blossoms. The Feather Bush tree grows best in full sun in USDA Hardiness Zones 9 to 10.

Kidneywood

• The Kidneywood shrub grows up to 15 feet high and 10 feet wide. The leaves of the Kidneywood shrub are small, spiny and light green. The Kidneywood shrub has small, white bunches of flowers that bloom from May to October. The Kidneywood shrub also has small, inedible seed pods that are produced once the flowers have died. This shrub grows best in USDA Hardiness Zones 9 to 11 with full sun exposure.

Creosote Bush

• The creosote bush can grow up to 15 feet high. It has spiny, waxy, dark green leaves and thick branches. The creosote bush has yellow flowers with five leaves that bloom in several periods between February and December. This bush grows best in full sun with very little water and in USDA Hardiness Zones 9 to 11 in desert regions.