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Thursday - April 16, 2009
From: Dublin, VA
Region: Mid-Atlantic
Topic: Trees
Title: Trees for privacy shield in Dublin, Virginia
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:
What are the best trees to plant for privacy in a small yard?ANSWER:
Here are some small trees (40 feet tall or less) that are good candidates for your yard:Acer pensylvanicum (striped maple) 20-40 feet, more photos from University of Connecticut
Amelanchier laevis (Allegheny serviceberry) 15-25 feet tall provides food for birds and small mammals
Asimina triloba (pawpaw) 10-40 feet tall
Cercis canadensis (eastern redbud) 15-20 feet tall with beautiful pink flowers in the spring
Cornus florida (flowering dogwood) 20-40 feet with showy white flowers in the spring
Crataegus marshallii (parsley hawthorn) to 25 feet with ornamental foliage
Hamamelis virginiana (American witchhazel) 10-35 feet tall
Magnolia virginiana (sweetbay) 12-20 feet tall is a slender tree or shrub and semi-evergreen with large, fragrant, showy flowers
Prunus virginiana (chokecherry) 20-30 feet tall
Ptelea trifoliata (common hoptree)10 to 15 feet tall
Sorbus americana (American mountain ash) 15-20 feet tall and ornamental
Viburnum rufidulum (rusty blackhaw) to 18 feet tall
You can find more possibilities by going to our Recommended Species page and choose Virginia from the map or the pulldown menu and then use the NARROW YOUR SEARCH option to select "Tree" from the Habit (general appearance) option.
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