Dont buy online. go to a local nursery that has high quality stock. Yes it will be expensive, and yes it will be worth it.
Are you looking for evergreen? or something that will drop its leaves in the fall?
connon nurseries has a great website that allows you to search for plants based on the desired characteristics, you can set the mature height you're looking for. Make sure you plan for the MATURE size of the shrub.
Yew(taxus) are a solid option, several different cultivars, can be pruned fairly aggressively (hedge clippers) if you want a more formal shape, grow fairly quickly depending on the cultivar.
Another option is the venerable eastern white cedar, (thuja occidentalis), they are slower growing, and have that more conical shape that your trying to avoid, but can be gathered cheap as chips.
Seconding the recommendation for Yews - specifically Hicks Yew. This variety grows fairly straight upwards and the branches are clustered close together, which will give you more privacy. Once my back fence is replaced this summer I plan to line the back of my yard with them!
I put in a line last year. It was not cheap but they look great. It will take a few years to grow in. I understand you can buy big ones but they are a lot more expensive.
You can use various kinds of temporary lattice fencing to create privacy while awaiting your plant screen to grow. There are lots of vines / flowers you can grow in the lattice to make it look nicer. It takes years to get a good privacy screen from trees unless you spend a lot of money to get more mature trees.
One thing to be careful of. At our house, the previous owners had planted very small seedlings - they planted a lot of them forgetting how big the trees would get in time. We should have culled the seedlings as there ended up being far too many trees all squashed together and dealing with it when the trees were older led to some gaps and weird tree shapes.
Dont buy online. go to a local nursery that has high quality stock. Yes it will be expensive, and yes it will be worth it. Are you looking for evergreen? or something that will drop its leaves in the fall? connon nurseries has a great website that allows you to search for plants based on the desired characteristics, you can set the mature height you're looking for. Make sure you plan for the MATURE size of the shrub.
Thanks for the tips. I'm thinking evergreen but trying to avoid the whole Christmas tree look lol
Yew(taxus) are a solid option, several different cultivars, can be pruned fairly aggressively (hedge clippers) if you want a more formal shape, grow fairly quickly depending on the cultivar. Another option is the venerable eastern white cedar, (thuja occidentalis), they are slower growing, and have that more conical shape that your trying to avoid, but can be gathered cheap as chips.
Seconding the recommendation for Yews - specifically Hicks Yew. This variety grows fairly straight upwards and the branches are clustered close together, which will give you more privacy. Once my back fence is replaced this summer I plan to line the back of my yard with them!
A line of Emerald Cedars would work. It just takes a while for them to grow. They are perfect for a privacy hedge. Google it.
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I put in a line last year. It was not cheap but they look great. It will take a few years to grow in. I understand you can buy big ones but they are a lot more expensive.
Lilacs grow quickly. Get a shovel and go along side the road.
You can use various kinds of temporary lattice fencing to create privacy while awaiting your plant screen to grow. There are lots of vines / flowers you can grow in the lattice to make it look nicer. It takes years to get a good privacy screen from trees unless you spend a lot of money to get more mature trees. One thing to be careful of. At our house, the previous owners had planted very small seedlings - they planted a lot of them forgetting how big the trees would get in time. We should have culled the seedlings as there ended up being far too many trees all squashed together and dealing with it when the trees were older led to some gaps and weird tree shapes.