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LEYLAND CYPRESS 

The most popular screening plant. It grows up to three feet per year. Plant 6' to 8' apart. It grows best in full sun and thins out in the shade. Grows 60' tall and 8' wide.

JAPANESE CRYPTOMERIA

Evergreen conifer is similar in appearance to the Leyland Cypress. Its needles turn bronze, brown if windswept, in the winter. It grows best in full sun and is not as hardy as Leyland cypress in windy locations. Grows 50 to 60' tall.

CANADIAN HEMLOCK

Beautiful evergreen growing 40 to 70' in height and 25 to 35' wide. This evergreen grows to 25' in 15 years. It tolerates shade better than other conifers. It can be sun scorched in 95 degree weather. This plant requires well drained, organic enriched soil. It does not tolerate wind or drought. It makes a great evergreen hedge, which can be pruned.

Cedar Deadora

OSMANTHUS

Large evergreen shrub which grows 20 to 25' high and wide. Its small white flowers are very fragrant.

AUCUBA

Needs shade and is even alright  for heavy shade. It is used in foundation plantings in shady conditions. Grows 6 to 10' tall. Slow growing, but as with any plants, grows faster if watered and fertilized. Variegated varieties have varying degrees of yellow in its normally dark green waxy leaf.

CLEYERA

Good accent plant, and can be used for screens and hedges. Cleyera does best in shade. It can grow to 10', but is easily pruned to lower heights.
 

CAMELLIA JAPONICA

Dense pyramid of lustrous dark green foliage with beautiful flowers from December to April. Cold nights can brown the petals. Below 0 degrees, temperatures can kill the plant.

CAMELLIA SASANQUA

Smaller and more refined than Camellia Japonica. The leaves are a lustrous dark green but smaller than Camellia Japonica. Its flowers are also smaller and bloom from September to December.

FLORIDA LEUCOTHOE

Grows 8 to 12' high, but can be maintained at any height with proper pruning. This is a wonderful textural addition to a shade garden. In the wild, this plant is found in wet woodlands.

CAROLINA CHERRY LAUREL

Grows 8 to 10' high and wide.

JAPANESE PRIVETT

6 to 12' high, 6 to 8' wide. It can be grown in either the sun or shade. It is knows as a favorite landscape plant in the south. This plant is fast growing. The leaves are light green and creamy white.
 

CHINESE SNOWBALL VIBURNUM

Grows 12 to 20' and has spectacular flowers

DOUBLE FILE VIBURNUM

Grows 8 to 10' high and wide.

LINDEN VIBURNUM

STEWARTIA

More or less, this is a small tree with small white camellia shaped flowers

ELAEAGNUS

12 to15' tall and wide. It looks better pruned. Sometimes referred to as ugly Agnus.

NELLIE R. STEVENS HOLLY

Evergreen holly growing to 25' tall.  It has red berries in the winter.  Good choice for a screening or specimen plant.

Emerald Arborvitae

Narrow, pyramidal evergreen with dense emerald green foliage. This is a moderate grower, only to 15' tall and 3 to 4 feet wide. Grows in full sun.

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