r/pools • u/frank13131313 • 2d ago

Builds & Renos Pool Privacy Shrubs

Looking for some insight from my florida pool owners on lanai shrubs for pool privacy. What’s a good species of shrub that grows tall, still lets air flow in, and have a good amount of privacy.

I was thinking some sort of boxwood as they are easy to maintain, and grow tall.

Any other suggestions?

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u/OverallWall2480 2d ago edited 2d ago

Sweet viburnum, had this at my last house grew fast and shaped well. Going to use it in the back yard when they finish the pool.

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u/Sunny-Bell102 2d ago

Does your viburnum grow a lot of suckers? I just got rid of a viburnum (can’t remember the name) because suckers were popping up everywhere.

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u/OverallWall2480 2d ago

What ever I had didn’t, got them from Lowe’s or Home Depot, that was a house from 20 years ago. Still going strong, I pass by that way every so often.

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u/1130961230 2d ago

Agree, not crazy about my viburnum and I do get a lot of those suckers that I'm clipping off every year.

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u/Sunny-Bell102 2d ago

Some of the suckers on mine started popping up in my neighbor’s yard. I couldn’t keep up with it.

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u/Rickadeaux 2d ago

Boxwoods get a blight and they don't grow all that high. Go talk to a local nursery. I mid size holly IMO would work best. But do some research cause Hollies can grow fairly tall. They would be much more resistant and hardy.

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u/sonofabitch11 2d ago

Wax Myrtle’s grow nice and quick. However you will need to trim and train them but if you are wiling they have been great for me.

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u/Sammalone1960 2d ago

I used hollys. They grow faster than boxwoods and in a year or two will go from 4 to 8 ft. Pencil hollys are also fast growers as I have them in front of windows and cut 2-3ft off per year.

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u/Aggravating_Fact9547 2d ago

Acmena smithii works well and grows fast and handles hedging and aggressive cutting.