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Shrub Living fences

Living Fence plants are the quickest and easiest way to create a living hedge. When planting a living fence, look for plants that are dense and are fast growing. Typical shrubs and trees that make an excellent living fence are rosa rugosa, lilac, rose of Sharon, cedar green giants, and nishiki willows.

Below is our listing of plants that make beautiful living fences.

Living Fences and Windbreaks: Just as trees are critical for providing shade during hot spring and fall days, protection is also needed during the cold winter months. During winter months, wind chill can decrease the temperature by more than double, depending on wind speed. A Living Fence or windbreak will reduce wind speed for a distance of as much as 10 times the living fence or windbreak’s height! Windbreaks help to reduce drifting snow and soil erosion on exposed sites.

Did you know...Windbreaks and living fences planted on the north and west sides of a building can reduce heating costs by up to 30 per cent!

Hedges, Privacy Screens, Living Fences, and Windbreaks in your Landscaping:

Use several rows (one to five) of defense to create your windbreak. Make it at least 15 feet wide.
Plant your rows in a line perpendicular to the prevailing wind and upwind from the space or building you want to protect. Check with your local weather station to find out the direction of prevailing winds in your area.
Design your windbreak as three parts: the windward, centre and leeward. The windward row is what the wind hits first and should be made up of dense, fast growing trees and shrubs that prevent snow from piling up in the centre. This also helps to prevent moisture accumulation in the spring in areas where snow is trapped and is not melted by the sun. The middle row should be made up of tall, fast-growing trees and shrubs that force winds to rise up over the windbreak. Finally, the leeward row should be made up of dense-growing trees and shrubs.
Use both evergreen and deciduous species to provide a variety of food and shelter for wildlife.

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Pyramidal Arborvitae Pyramidal Arborvitae one of the best selling hedge plants in America. The Pyramidal Arborvitae is an evergreen tree with bright green foliage.	Arborvitae Emerald Green Arborvitae Emerald Green, also known as "Smaragd," is one of my favorite arborvitaes. Arborvitae Emerald Green grows almost perfectly pyramidal with almost no pruning at all.	Boxwood Wintergreen Boxwood Wintergreen, Buxus microphylla, is a popular low growing evergreen shrub. The Wintergreen Boxwood is commonly seen as a low hedge or border defining the edges of formal and informal gardens.

Caragana Siberian Peashrub Caragana arborescens or siberian peashrub provides a dense windbreak cover, and is good for windbreak plantings. This shrub is cold and drought tolerant. Ships: Spring only	Cedar Lane Red Crape Myrtle Cedar Lane Red Crape Myrtle a true red bloomer with great dark green foliage. The interesting thing about the Cedar lane Crape Myrtle is that the new growth appears with a burgundy...	Dark Green Arborvitae Dark Green Arborvitae, Nigra Arborvitae or Dark Green Arborvitae is a beautiful pyramidal growing tree that makes excellent privacy hedges. The dark green foliage is consistent and when planted for privacy hedge makes an appealing backdrop to more...

Fine Line PW Fine Line,(CLOSEOUT) Rhamnus frangula, a new Proven Winners Brand: Fine Line. This is an extremely useful, architectural plant for the home or commercial landscape. Fine Line Buckthorn has ferny foliage turns butter yellow in the fall	Forsythia Show Off Forsythia Show Off, Forsythia Mindor, is another standout new Forsythia from France with large, bright yellow flowers that adorn the plant from head to foot. Forsythia Show Off has attractive dark green foliage unlike any other Forsythia adds...	Golden Forsythia Golden Forsythia, Forsythia intermedia spectablis, or Lynwood Gold's yellow flowers add a burst of color to the late winter or early spring landscapes. Golden Forsythia's branches can be picked in midwinter and forced into bloom indoors, making the..

Hibiscus Aphrodite Shrub Form Hibiscus Aphrodite Shrub Form is grown especially for Greenwood Nursery. The Hibiscus Aphrodite is valued for large single dark pink flowers with dark red eye that bloom in mid-to late summer when few other shrubs bloom. Hibiscus Aphrodite grows...	Hibiscus Ardens Shrub Form Hibiscus Ardens Shrub Form is grown especially for Greenwood Nursery. The Hibiscus Ardens Shrub Form is valued for its large double, rose-purple flowers with a maroon blotch that bloom in mid-to late summer when few other shrubs bloom. Hibiscus...	Hibiscus Blue Chiffon Hibiscus Blue Chiffon, a new Proven Winner, with rich blue double flowers. Hibiscus Blue Chiffon is one of the strongest growing blue flowering hibiscus cultivars. Each stem of the Hibiscus Blue Chiffon is packed with numerous buds giving it sup...

Hibiscus Diana Shrub Form Hibiscus Diana Shrub Form is grown especially for Greenwood Nursery. The Hibiscus Diana Shrub Form is valued for its large single white flowers that bloom in mid-to late summer when few other shrubs bloom. Hibiscus Diana Shrub Form grows in sun or...	Hibiscus Lady Stanley Shrub Hibiscus Lady Stanley Shrub is grown especially for Greenwood Nursery. The Hibiscus Lady Stanley Shrub is valued for its large double-pink flowers that bloom in mid-to late summer when few other shrubs bloom. Hibiscus Lady Stanley Shrub grows in...	Hibiscus Lil Kim Hibiscus Lil Kim is the first dwarf Hibiscus, Rose of Sharon. This unique dwarf Hibiscus Lil' Kim has dainty little white flowers with a showy red eye in the center of the bloom. The foliage of the Hibiscus Lil' Kim is unique as well with thick...

Hibiscus Lucy Shrub Form Hibiscus Lucy Shrub Form is valued for its large double, dark red flowers that bloom in mid-to late summer when few other shrubs bloom. Hibiscus Lucy Shrub Form grows in sun or partial shade and in any soil. The growth rate of the Hibiscus Lucy...	Hibiscus Morning Star shrub form Hibiscus Morning Star, The Morning Star Rose-of-Sharon Hibiscus is valued for its large double, white flowers with red stripes that bloom in mid-to late summer when few other shrubs bloom. The plant grows in sun or partial shade and in any soil.	Hibiscus Sugar Tip Hibiscus Sugar Tip is another superb selection from Proven Winners. Hibiscus Sugar Tip is an eye catching brightly variegated Rose of Sharon that actually flowers. Hibiscus Sugar Tip has loads of double blooms are a beautiful clear pink and this...

Hibiscus Violet Satin Hibiscus Violet Satin is one of the new Proven Winners. Hibiscus Violet Satin has the richest, deepest, color we've ever seen in Rose of Sharon! Hibiscus Violet Satin has big single, deeply saturated red-violet flowers cover this hardy	Honeysuckle Arnolds Red Honeysuckle Arnolds Red, or Lonicera arnolds red, is a prized cultivar of tartarian honeysuckle with bright red blooms in the spring. Honeysuckle Arnolds Red is a tall growing shrub good for windbreaks and able to withstand drought	Karl Forester Grass Karl Forester Grass, Calamagrostis x acutiflora, is a cool season ornamental grass and Karl Forester Grass one of my favorite grasses because Karl Forester Grass makes a striking 5 foot tall exclamation point in my garden.

Miscanthus Adagio Grass Miscanthus Adagio Grass is an early flowering beauty with reddish/white pendulous plumes that move in the slightest breeze. Miscanthus Adagio Grass is the durable addition for the summer or winter garden.	Miscanthus Gracillimus Grass Miscanthus Gracillimus Grass is perhaps the oldest cultivar of miscanthus sinensis and remains very popular to this day.	Miscanthus Morning Light Grass Miscanthus Morning Light Grass is one of the newer Miscanthus. Miscanthus Morning Light Grass displays a fine textured dense clumping grass that glows in the morning light. The Miscanthus Morning Light Grass is named because of the thin white...

Miscanthus Purpurascens Grass Miscanthus Purpurascens Grass (CLOSEOUT)is a beautiful ornamental grass that will add interesting seasonal color changes in your landscape. Imagine Miscanthus Purpurascens Grass beginning with bright green foliage that turns to a reddish.....	Old Fashioned Lilac Old Fashion Lilac, Syringa vulgaris, bears large fragrant blossoms in May. Old Fashion Lilac is perhaps the most popular of all lilacs due to its rich color ranging from purplish red to lilac and purple.	Persian Lilac Persian lilac,Syringa x persica, is a graceful arching shrub reaching to 4 - 8 feet and half again as wide. The pale violet or lavender flowers of the Persian Lilac are very fragrant. The 2 - 3 inch long blooms appear in late spring...

Red Rosa Rugosa Rosa Rugosa Red, Single mauve, very fragrant blossoms repeat all summer on this selection of the Rosa rugosa species. Blossoms are followed by very large orange-red hips in late summer and last all winter.	Rosa Hansen Hedge Rosa Hansen Hedge, A Living Fence Selection! Single pink to white, fragrant blossoms which appear in June and bloom all summer. Blossoms are followed by very large red hips in late summer and last all winter.	Rose Knockout Double Pink Rose Knockout Double Pink- Rosa 'Radtkopink' PPAF has a exceptional amount of blooms (5 - 6 per stem) and petal counts of 18 - 25 per bloom. More then twice the amount of its sister the knockout pink rose. The additional petals present a fuller...

Rose Knockout Sunny Rose Knockout Sunny, the newest release from The Knock Out® Family of Roses and is the only fragrant member in The Knock Out® Family of Roses. It has a slightly more compact and upright habit than The Knock Out® Rose. This rose has bright butter...	Thuja Cedar Green Giant Thuja Cedar Green Giant, SPECIAL LOW LOW PRICE! or as we call it the Cedar Green Giant, is one of the most popular pyramidal shaped evergreen trees.	White Rosa Rugosa White Rosa Rugosa hedge...Imagine a neighborhood from a bygone era when life seemed easy and sipping lemonade over the fence with neighbors was the common pastime of the day.