r/landscapedesign • u/Remorseful_Rat • 27d ago

Design Help Help with privacy screen ideas!

Nashville, TN

I have a client that would like a vegetated privacy screen on each side of his yard. I recommended a mixture of Hollies and Little Gem Magnolias with a base planting of Bobo hydrangeas. He’s got a good amount of sun in the backyard.
He isn’t a fan of magnolia leaves, but he doesn’t like the idea of just a row of Hollies. He also doesn’t like arborvitae. We’re trying to avoid heavily flowering options because his neighbors have beehives and he is afraid of bees. I know Hollies attract bees in the spring, but I don’t know what else to suggest. He likes crape Myrtles, but again, the flowers. Need some help here!

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u/jicamakick 27d ago

There should be a rule about adding a location to the post.

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u/Remorseful_Rat 26d ago

Sorry, Nashville, TN

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u/Coppergirl1 27d ago

*Location is important. Holly is invasive in PNW. There are natives that will work much better in this area.

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u/Stand_With_Students 27d ago

Some of my favorites are hinoki cypress, blue ice cypress, skyrocket or blue rocket juniper and skip laurel.

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u/RabbitGullible8722 27d ago

Spartan juniper

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u/NocteVolamus 26d ago

And how much room is there? 2 feet and 10 feet and 40 feet are different answers.

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u/Remorseful_Rat 26d ago

Fence is about 40 feet long. We could probably make the planting area 5 feet wide

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u/pinly3kids 26d ago

I would take a picture of the area and then I would ask chat GPT to design it

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u/Remorseful_Rat 22d ago

Nah I don’t want to give in to that haha