# Trees & Shrubs for Hedges & Screens

> Native trees and shrubs for a hedge or a privacy screen, grown from seed.

We grow thirty-two trees and shrubs suited to a hedge or a screen. Of these, sixteen are shrubs, among them [northern bayberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/northern-bayberry/index.html.md), [arrowwood viburnum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/arrowwood-viburnum/index.html.md) and [gray dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/gray-dogwood/index.html.md). For a screen that holds through winter, the evergreens among them include [American holly](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-holly/index.html.md), [yaupon](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/yaupon/index.html.md) and [Atlantic white cedar](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/atlantic-white-cedar/index.html.md). [Native hedges, screens and windbreaks](https://bluewhaletrees.com/articles/native-hedges-screens-and-windbreaks/index.html.md) says which trees to use and how far apart to set them.

32 of 364 plants. Web version: https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/hedges-and-screens/. Each plant links to its own Markdown page with the full facts, description and growing guide.

Columns: Zones are the USDA hardiness zones the plant takes, from the coldest to the warmest it is rated for (zone 2 is the coldest, 10 the warmest); Height is mature height in feet; Sun and Soil list every condition the plant takes; Grown from is what the nursery offers it as (saplings, or acorns, nuts or seed to sow); Price is the lowest current price, or "ask" when the plant is not yet priced online (email captain@bluewhaletrees.com or join the waitlist on the web page).

This table accepts the shop's filters as query parameters on this address: size (shrub, small-tree, medium-tree, large-tree), sun (full, part, shade), moisture (dry, average, wet), zone (2 to 10), native (a state's two-letter code in capitals, such as PA: the plants native to that state by the USDA PLANTS records), want (a trait: flowers, fall-color, wildlife, honey, edible, evergreen, rare, drought, wet-tolerant, shade, early-bearing, screening, nitrogen-fixing, salt, winter-interest, street-tree, erosion-control; rare means uncommon in the wild or in nurseries, honey a nectar source for bees), as (acorns, seed, nuts, saplings) and q (a search word). Several values may be joined with commas.

| Plant | Botanical name | Group | Type | Height (ft) | Zones | Sun | Soil | Grown from | Price |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [American Holly, select line](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-holly/index.html.md) | *Ilex opaca* | Superior Specimen Lines | Medium tree | 20–50 | 5–9 | Full, Part, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Northern Bayberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/northern-bayberry/index.html.md) | *Morella pensylvanica* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 5–10 | 3–7 | Full, Part | Dry, Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Gray Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/gray-dogwood/index.html.md) | *Cornus racemosa* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 4–10 | 4–8 | Full, Part, Shade | Dry, Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Arrowwood Viburnum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/arrowwood-viburnum/index.html.md) | *Viburnum dentatum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 5–10 | 2–8 | Full, Part, Shade | Dry, Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Common Prickly Ash (Toothache Tree)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/common-prickly-ash/index.html.md) | *Zanthoxylum americanum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 10–20 | 3–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Seaside Alder](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/seaside-alder/index.html.md) | *Alnus maritima* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 12–30 | 3–9 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Shingle Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shingle-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus imbricaria* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Medium tree | 40–60 | 4–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry, Wet | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Buckwheat Tree](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/buckwheat-tree/index.html.md) | *Cliftonia monophylla* | Native Shrubs | Small tree | 12–18 | 7–10 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Atlantic White Cedar](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/atlantic-white-cedar/index.html.md) | *Chamaecyparis thyoides* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 40–60 | 3–9 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Carolina Hemlock](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-hemlock/index.html.md) | *Tsuga caroliniana* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 40–60 | 6–7 | Part, Shade, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Devilwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/devilwood/index.html.md) | *Cartrema americana* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 15–30 | 5–10 | Part, Full, Shade | Average, Wet, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Cockspur Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cockspur-hawthorn/index.html.md) | *Crataegus crus-galli* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 20–30 | 3–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Hercules' Club](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hercules-club/index.html.md) | *Zanthoxylum clava-herculis* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 15–40 | 6–10 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Catawba Rhododendron](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/catawba-rhododendron/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron catawbiense* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–10 | 4–8 | Part, Shade, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Walter's Viburnum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/walter-viburnum/index.html.md) | *Viburnum obovatum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 10–20 | 7–10 | Full, Part | Average, Wet, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Roughleaf Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/roughleaf-dogwood/index.html.md) | *Cornus drummondii* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–15 | 5–8 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Dry, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Spruce Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/spruce-pine/index.html.md) | *Pinus glabra* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 40–80 | 7–9 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Red Spruce](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-spruce/index.html.md) | *Picea rubens* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 60–75 | 2–6 | Full, Part | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Northern White Cedar](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/northern-white-cedar/index.html.md) | *Thuja occidentalis* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 40–60 | 2–7 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Florida Anise](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-anise/index.html.md) | *Illicium floridanum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–10 | 6–10 | Part, Shade, Full | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Yaupon](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/yaupon/index.html.md) | *Ilex vomitoria* | Native Shrubs | Small tree | 10–25 | 7–9 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Dry, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Sweetshrub](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sweetshrub/index.html.md) | *Calycanthus floridus* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–12 | 4–9 | Part, Full, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Carolina Laurelcherry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-laurelcherry/index.html.md) | *Prunus caroliniana* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 15–40 | 7–10 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Dahoon](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dahoon/index.html.md) | *Ilex cassine* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 20–30 | 7–10 | Full, Part, Shade | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Myrtle Dahoon](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/myrtle-dahoon/index.html.md) | *Ilex myrtifolia* | Native Shrubs | Small tree | 15–25 | 7–10 | Full, Part, Shade | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Odorless Bayberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/odorless-bayberry/index.html.md) | *Morella inodora* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 10–20 | 7–10 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Florida Swamp Privet](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-swamp-privet/index.html.md) | *Forestiera segregata* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 5–15 | 8–10 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Yellow Anise](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/yellow-anise/index.html.md) | *Illicium parviflorum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 10–20 | 6–10 | Part, Shade, Full | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Toughleaf Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/toughleaf-dogwood/index.html.md) | *Cornus asperifolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–13 | 7–9 | Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Inkberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/inkberry/index.html.md) | *Ilex glabra* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 5–10 | 4–10 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Eastern Red Cedar](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-red-cedar/index.html.md) | *Juniperus virginiana* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 30–50 | 2–9 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Red Osier Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-osier-dogwood/index.html.md) | *Cornus sericea* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–12 | 2–7 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |