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Privacy Plants for Lowcountry Landscapes

1/30/2024

Trees and Shrubs FOR Screening

Transform your landscape into an outdoor sanctuary with the addition of privacy plantings. The trees and shrubs listed here will help you achieve year-round privacy and multiple seasons of interest. And if you live in a deer-prone area as many of us on Johns Island, Kiawah Island, and Seabrook Island do, you'll be glad to know that many of these selections are deer non-preferred!

Green Giant Arborvitae
Rich green foliage all year!
While attractive planted as a specimen or in a small grouping, Green Giant Arborvitae is also an excellent choice for fast-growing privacy along your property line. Trees grow to approximately 30-50' tall x 12-15' wide. Deer non-preferred.

Pineapple Guava
Vibrant flowers and tasty fruit!
Add a cool, blue-green hue to your landscape with the foliage of this unique evergreen. You'll also delight in the beautiful flowers and edible fruits this shrub produces. Matures to 10-15' tall and wide. Deer non-preferred.

Recurve Ligustrum
Elegantly curved glossy leaves!
An old favorite with a twist - fancy foliage! In early spring, creamy white fragrant blooms appear against the rich green leaves of this easy care evergreen. Mature size: approximately 8-10' tall x 6-8' wide.

Mood Ring™ Podocarpus
Bronze-pink new growth
Who says a privacy screen has to be solid shades of green? Enjoy the changing color show as this shrub goes through its growing season. Mature size: approximately 10-15' tall x 3-4' wide. Deer non-preferred.

Carolina Sapphire Cypress
As beautiful as its name suggests
Silvery blue-green, fragrant foliage makes this evergreen stand out from the crowd. While it is showy enough to use as a specimen planting, it also makes an excellent screen! Matures to approximately 20-30' tall x 15-20' wide. Part to full sun. Deer non-preferred.

Tea Olive
The fragrance is unbelievable!
A guest favorite, this shrub is useful as a specimen, hedge, or screening plant. But the real excitement happens in spring and fall when the days are warm and evenings are cool. Intensely fragrant flower clusters appear to perfume the air! Matures to approximately 20-30' tall x 15-20' wide. Part to full sun. Deer non-preferred.

Graceful Bamboo
Easy care, fast growing screen
Are you seeking a taste of the tropics with the added benefit of privacy? Clumping Bamboo will do the trick! Bamboo grows fast to form a dense screen with feathery foliage that dances in the breeze. Mature size: 20-25' tall x 6-8' wide. Prefers Part to Full Sun.

Yaupon Holly
For the birds!
Our native Yaupon holly comes in various forms. As an upright shrub or tree, it provides loads (LOADS!) of fruit for songbirds. These bright red candy-colored berries contrast beautifully with the small leaves of this evergreen. Our upright shrub grows to approximately 10-15' tall. Deer non-preferred.

For Planting Success:

We highly recommend amending the soil in your planting area with a Brownswood Premium Planting Mix as well as a starter fertilizer such as Espoma Organic Bio-tone® Starter Plus to give your new plants their best start. You can find our Planting Guide at the link below. It provides planting instructions and helpful information about watering and getting new plants established. We look forward to seeing you at the Garden Center!

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It's Time to Choose New Favorite Evergreen Trees AND Shrubs!

1/1/2024

What are you noticing most in your landscape right now? Perhaps spots that are bare and uninteresting? In a developing landscape, this time of year naturally brings with it dreams of what could be. While our winters here in the Charleston are short, we must endure a span of time when branches are bare and blooms are less abundant. The good news? This is a fantastic time to see opportunities, plan, and plant for year-round appeal!

Winter is also the perfect time to choose new evergreen trees and shrubs at our Garden Center. The varieties available right now are too numerous to list, but we've put together a quick list of selections for inspiration while the rest of the landscape sleeps.

Evergreen Selections for Lowcountry Landscapes

Our Nursery Professionals are here to assist you, so feel free to bring in photos of your landscape. It is helpful if you have dimensions of beds or the space you'd like to create, information about sun exposure, deer pressure, and/or soil difficulties such as moisture.

Inkberry
Small in stature, but big in versatility, the Shamrock Inkberry Holly we grow here at the Nursery is suitable for just about any spot in the landscape. This compact native evergreen shrub makes a great replacement for boxwood shrubs here along the coast as it is tolerant of wet feet. It is also disease and pest resistant, tolerant of salt, and deer non-preferred. Matures to 3-4' tall and wide, easily shaped with pruning. Adaptable to sun or shade.

Camellia japonica
If you've seen large, colorful blooms on a stately shrub here in Charleston since the New Year began, there's a good chance you've come across a Camellia japonica. Right now while they're blooming is an excellent time to choose your favorite flower colors and forms. Mature size depends on variety, although most tend to grow upright and can be maintained easily at a height of 6-12'. These shrubs prefer protection from harsh afternoon sun.

Southern Magnolia
Gorgeous and grand, Southern Magnolia trees offer handsome foliage throughout the year and bright, white fragrant blooms spring through fall. Fortunately, these native trees are not preferred by deer, are salt-tolerant, and tolerate moist soils - an ideal blend of characteristics for Lowcountry landscapes! Mature size depends on variety. Part to full sun.

Leucothoe
Evergreen Burning Love™ is a petite Leucothoe shrub that offers color and texture that lasts all year! This variety spices up the shade with deep red growth in spring that ages to green, followed by dark purple fall color. Matures to 2 1/2' tall and wide. Deer non-preferred. Prefers part sun to shade.

Yaupon Holly
From the compact, dwarf varieties to the upright shrubs or weeping tree forms, native Yaupon hollies are a must-have in the coastal landscape. Not only do they have a high salt tolerance, but they tolerate wet feet and are deer non-preferred. Dwarf forms of this shrub make excellent foundation plants. Larger growing shrubs and trees provide berries for wildlife in winter and add ornamental appeal to the landscape as specimen plantings. Mature size depends on variety. Adaptable to sun or shade.

Tea Olive
It's hard to believe how much sweet fragrance comes from the tiny flower clusters of our Tea Olive shrubs. Blooms arise for weeks in spring and again in fall (and sporadically in summer and winter) when the days are warm and nights are cool. These versatile evergreens easily lend themselves to use as hedges, privacy screens, or specimen plantings. Trust us, every landscape needs at least one of these shrubs! Deer non-preferred. Part sun to shade.

Anise
One of the newest additions to our offering of Anise shrubs is Star Flower Orion. White blooms arise on this compact variety in spring, summer, and fall. Like other Anise, Star Flower Orion is a problem solver in the landscape, tolerating such adverse conditions as moist or dry shade, pest and disease, and the presence of deer. Matures to 3-5' tall and 4-6' wide, easily shaped with pruning. Prefers part to full shade.

Distylium
Another great boxwood alternative that offers a unique, feathery, and mounding growth habit is Vintage Jade Distylium. This shrub is highly adaptable to a variety of soil types, drought tolerant once established, resistant to pests, and is deer non-preferred. 3-4' tall and 4-5' wide. Part to full sun.

FOR PLANTING SUCCESS:

Download Our Planting Guide

READY TO TRANSFORM YOUR YARD?

Our Landscape Design and Installation teams are here to serve you! We would be pleased to develop a comprehensive Landscape Plan to assist you in reaching your landscape goals.

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Privacy Plants for Lowcountry Landscapes

Trees and Shrubs FOR Screening

For Planting Success:

Ready To Transform Your Yard?

It's Time to Choose New Favorite Evergreen Trees AND Shrubs!

Evergreen Selections for Lowcountry Landscapes

FOR PLANTING SUCCESS:

READY TO TRANSFORM YOUR YARD?

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Privacy Plants for Lowcountry Landscapes

Trees and Shrubs FOR Screening

For Planting Success:

Ready To Transform Your Yard?

It's Time to Choose New Favorite Evergreen Trees AND Shrubs!

Evergreen Selections for Lowcountry Landscapes

FOR PLANTING SUCCESS:

READY TO TRANSFORM YOUR YARD?

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CONTACT US

HOURS OF​OPERATION

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