Family Plot
  • Home
  • Watch
    • TV Schedule
    • Full Episodes Online
    • How-to and Informational
    • Questions and Answers
    • This Week in the Garden
    • Garden Notes
  • Garden Topic Collections
    • Apple Trees: How-to and Information
    • Peach Trees: How-to and Information
    • Tomatoes: How-to and Information
    • Square Foot Garden Blog
  • Resources
    • Soil Testing
    • Extension Publications
    • Gardening Resources
    • Blogs
    • Organic Gardening
    • Articles
    • Privacy
  • Guests
  • Contact Us
    • Ask a Gardening Gardening Question
  • Search

Q&A - What can I plant for a fast growing hedge?

Question:
Which plant produces the fastest growing hedge of six feet or higher to promote privacy? 

Answer:
UT Horticultural Specialist Carol Reese likes privacy screens. She says that you should not make your screen out of one species of plant because one bug or disease would wipe out your whole screen. Her number one pick is southern waxmyrtle (Bayberry).  Yew pine is another plant you can use. Use the tree or weeping form, not the dwarf form. Both of these plants can grow up to 15 feet high but can be kept lower with pruning.

Related Resources:
Creative Screening with Plants
Using Trees and Shrubs for Privacy and Wind Screening
Evergreen Trees for Screens and Hedges in the Landscape
Website Copyright 2025 Family Plot Garden
Content Copyright 2015-2025 Family Plot Garden & Mid-South Public Communications Foundation

  • Home
  • Watch
    • TV Schedule
    • Full Episodes Online
    • How-to and Informational
    • Questions and Answers
    • This Week in the Garden
    • Garden Notes
  • Garden Topic Collections
    • Apple Trees: How-to and Information
    • Peach Trees: How-to and Information
    • Tomatoes: How-to and Information
    • Square Foot Garden Blog
  • Resources
    • Soil Testing
    • Extension Publications
    • Gardening Resources
    • Blogs
    • Organic Gardening
    • Articles
    • Privacy
  • Guests
  • Contact Us
    • Ask a Gardening Gardening Question
  • Search