Hewitt's Garden Centers > Questions > I have a part sun backyard in Gloversville and I want a privacy hedge. It would only have to be 4-5 feet high and 20 or so feet long-and I would prefer deciduous plants, not hemlock, thuja, or taxus. What I want is privacy from passerbys in my backyard while cooking out. Since most of the time we’d be sitting down, the height of 4-5 feet would be fine. Your thoughts on acer ginnala or acer campestre tightly sheared, or cornus alba elegantissima, Annabelle Hydrangea, etc?Richard-Landscape director at Columbia University and Gloversville Resident
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I have a part sun backyard in Gloversville and I want a privacy hedge. It would only have to be 4-5 feet high and 20 or so feet long-and I would prefer deciduous plants, not hemlock, thuja, or taxus. What I want is privacy from passerbys in my backyard while cooking out. Since most of the time we’d be sitting down, the height of 4-5 feet would be fine. Your thoughts on acer ginnala or acer campestre tightly sheared, or cornus alba elegantissima, Annabelle Hydrangea, etc?Richard-Landscape director at Columbia University and Gloversville Resident

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Peter Bowden5.59K 0 Comments

The acer varieties you mentioned aren’t general suggested since they are beginning to be considered invasive.  More on that HERE.  In any event, we don’t stock them.   The red-twig dogwood or Annabelle Hydrangea would both we better options for your height requirements.

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