Evergreen screening trees and shrubs are a fantastic way of providing privacy and protection from wind and sun.
They are used widely to provide privacy screens as well as windbreaks. They can provide relief from the hot sun in summer as well as providing a background for other shrubs through the year, some have foliage, bark and flowers that can be an added attraction.
Screening plants and trees vary greatly in growth habit., some with upright columnar habit, others with a broader spreading habit.
Why Plant Screening Trees
Privacy from neighbours and the street are the number one reason for planting screening trees, however other reasons abound.
- Screening trees can provide a a great visual from your house or patio. A wall of green looks better than most fences.
- Careful planted you can create a micro climate that is protected from winds and retains warmth, allowing you to grow plants from different climate zones.
- Dense growing plants can also help block noise from both neighbours and road traffic.
- A green screen also acts as natures air conditioner, cooling the environment on hot days and moderating temperature on cold days.
- Native screening plants can provide a habitat for small native birds, abound in any garden.
Choosing the right screening plants
- When choosing screening trees consider the eventual height/width and density of the screen.
- Foliage and flowering habits also vary greatly from tree to tree. Conifers for example have very insignificant flowers, while magnolia grandiflora cultivars make great flowering evergreen screens.
- Pruning and maintenance of evergreen trees are other factors to consider.
Trees need to be selected with climate in mind. Growers supply plants that will be successful in Melbourne and Adelaide that may not be suited to Sydney.
Evergreen Trees for landscaping and screening in tropical and subtropical area such as Brisbane and Darwin will be different species and cultivars in most cases.
Our Top 10 popular and useful Evergreen Tree Varieties
Some ideas for quick dense screening trees include :
- Pittosporum ‘Screen Master’
- Lily Pilly Varieties – Backyard Bliss is one of the best.
- Photinia glabra ‘Rubra’
- Clumping bamboo
- Pittosporum ‘Green Pillar’.
- Magnolia grandiflora
- Magnolia Starbright – A Michelia doltsopa, Yunanansis hybrid,
- Conifers
- Cherry Laurel
- Ficus microcarpa hillii Hills Weeping Fig
Suppliers of Evergreen Screening Trees
WINTER HILL TREE FARM Ph: 02 4878 9193 Fax: 02 4878 9109
NSW Southern Highlands
Retail & Wholesale. Advanced trees & hedging. Grown in pots for year-round planting. 45 litre - 1000 litre available. Great range. Great Quality. Delivery available.
www.winterhill.com.au
111 Stanhope Road Theresa Park NSW 2570
Offering a variety of sun hardy Australian natives and exotic trees, shrubs, groundcover's and perennials from semi advanced through to super advanced and semi-mature stock.
www.downesnursery.com.au
Carey Gully, Adelaide Hills.
Family business selling a large range of deciduous trees in pots 1-4m high. Crepe myrtle specialist. Includes Ornamental pears & plums, Red maples, Japanese maples, Gingko, Cercis, Ash, Birch, Crab apples, Weeping cherries, Gleditsia, Liquidambar and more. Hedging plants, evergreen trees & fruit trees.
www.adelaidetreefarm.com.au
1075A Western Port Hwy VIC 3910 - email langwarrin@plantmark.com.au
Plantmark is one of Australia's largest wholesale trade nurseries. With over 30,000 species available, from tubestock to advanced trees, we offer an almost unlimited choice of quality plants. - www.plantmark.com.au
1750 Westernport Rd Heath Hill VIC 3981
Australias largest grower of semi advanced native and deciduous trees. .9 - 2.6mts high. Supplying councils, developers and landscapers. Includes Acacia implexa, acacia melanoxlylon.
www.dream-time.com.au