What is the best non flowering hedge for privacy in a zone 5?
Leatherleaf or Alleghany Viburnum make excellent hedge plants. They can reach 8 ft. tall and wide or so and keep their leaves most of the winter in zone 5. They do have a brief flower in the spring, but you can prune them off if you don’t like flowers. If you let them flower they will also have beautiful red berries in the fall. Holly and boxwood are ok for privacy screens, but you will have to start with relatively big plants, as they grow quite slowly, so it will be a long time before you get the height you are looking for. Junipers are one of the hardiest plants in zone 5. I don’t know if you have a height maximum, though, as most of them will reach 15 ft. tall or so. Hetzi columnar or Caenarti would be your best bet, as they don’t get very wide.
G’day,not certain what zone 5 is but as I’m in Australia I can still possibly be of assistance with a web link from here with people who are always looking to expand their business or give good advice about hedges and plants in your neck of the woods. I hope I have helped you find just what you were looking for,but you didn’t mention how long you were willing to wait for growth to be effective,but you at least get a variety of choices here!Cheers and happy gardening PS.This is not a promotion or advertising!!
Examples of Evergreen Hedge Shrubs Japanese holly (Ilex crenata) looks more like a boxwood shrub than holly shrub, bearing small, oval leaves. Many cultivars of this broadleaf evergreen are available; for hedge plants, most people select those that reach 3′-4′ in height, with a similar spread. Japanese holly is hardy to zone 6. But English holly (Ilex aquifolium), with its prickly leaves, makes a better hedge plant if you wish to combine security with aesthetic considerations. Some hollies grow tall enough to serve as privacy screens. You can learn more about the hollies in this Link: Holly Plants Boxwoods are the classic hedge plants. These broadleaf evergreens were adored by aristocratic Europeans for centuries as defining elements in formal garden design. To learn more about boxwood, please consult the following article: Boxwood Shrubs Other broadleaf evergreens suitable as hedge plants include the mountain laurels. A bonus with mountain laurels is that they bloom in late spring-ear
