shrub and vine make first-class privacy barriers . Not only do they add visual interest to your yard , but they also muffle sound and serve up as a shelterbelt . When selecting a privacy plant life , prefer one that complements your existing landscaping . If you have a formally landscaped yard with cut lawn and flower beds , then select a formal style hedge . A casual landscape lend itself to stepping outside the box with vine . To achieve a more natural look , go with native plants .
Traditional
A conventional , clipped hedge often serve as a privacy barrier between manicure lawns . Three top choices for Central Florida are podocarpus , odoriferous viburnum and Japanese privet .
Podocarpus develop as large as 40 pes high by 25 feet across-the-board , but is more commonly seen as a hedging or as clipped to a shrub - sized specimen . Podocarpus is drought and salt large-minded and loosely pest and disease loose .
Sweet viburnum produce as large as 30 feet high-pitched by 25 substructure wide . Viburnum is drought broad , but only moderately salt tolerant . Although generally pest liberal , viburnum can be susceptible to some mild plant disease such as bacterial leaf spot .
Japanese privet , Ligustrum japonicum , reaches 12 ft mellow by 25 feet blanket and is common salt tolerant , but only fairly drouth tolerant . Japanese privet is fairly disease and pest resistant .
Getting Creative With Vines
vine make originative , attractive alternatives to formal hedges . Best used to spread over fence between grand , vine can be fragrant and draw wildlife . Two expert choices are confederate jasmine and cape honeysuckle .
Confederate jasmine produce an abundance of fragrant , white blossom during spring and forms a impenetrable , evergreen hatch over a fence .
Cape Australian honeysuckle produces hummingbird attracting orange - red flowers from spring through winter . Cape honeysuckle also works as a freestanding bush .
Go Native
Always an ecologically profound choice , using native plants as a privacy hedging allow for a scummy alimony , natural alternative to formal plantings . Sharon Dolan , a maestro nurseryman at Maple Street Natives in Melbourne , Florida , believes that " variety is best . " Dolan advise mixing several plant to make a privateness barrier admit Walter viburnum , red and Spanish stoppers , southerly wax myrtle and bay cedar tree .
Walter viburnum reach 25 foot high by 10 feet wide and attract razz and butterfly . Walter genus Viburnum prefers fond refinement and has a gamey drought tolerance but a low common salt tolerance .
Native stoppers include the red show-stopper , which make 30 feet high by 25 feet broad , and Spanish stopper , which achieve 15 feet high by about 15 base wide . Both attract chick . stopper are drought and saltiness broad and relatively disease and pest resistant .
Southern wax Vinca minor reaches 30 feet high and thrives in full sun to partial shade .
With a spread of just 5 to 8 foot , the bay cedar tree reaches a height up to 20 feet and its obtuse foliage creates a great privateness hedgerow . The bay cedarwood also attract butterflies .
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