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Landscape Design: Functional Landscaping
In addition to Japanese cedar and blue spruce trees, evergreens also work well in creating natural year-round privacy screening for your yard. If your privacy needs are more seasonal, however, you have a greater variety of planting options, says Deborah, who offers suggestions such as big bluestem, a tall ornamental grass or rhododendron. "Using a mix of shrubs, trees and grasses will create a more interesting natural privacy barrier, and also add some wildlife habitat to your garden."
Plant Spireas to Fill Your Landscape with 3 Seasons of Color
Lush-blooming spireas are rewarding additions to any sunny garden with well-drained soil. Spirea blooms in spring and summer and boasts a compact habit primed for tucking in among perennials in a mixed border. Learn more about spirea and how to care for it. #spirea #shrub #landscape #gardening

Better Homes and Gardens
19 Easy-Care Shrubs to Use as Hedge Plants for Outdoor Privacy
Delicate foliage and cascading branches of white or pink spring flowers are two traits that earn spirea its rightful place in the mixed border. Spireas thrive in fertile, moist soil with good drainage. These plants can grow from 1 to 8 feet tall, making it perfect for a privacy hedge. Name: Spiraea varieties Zones: 5–9