Privacy and hedge shrubs for Colorado

Larger and hedge-forming shrubs that screen views and define space on the Front Range. Pick from formal hedges to informal living screens.

42 plants

American plumPrunus americana
Big sagebrushArtemisia tridentata
Cliff roseCowania mexicana
CliffrosePurshia mexicana
Curlleaf mountain mahoganyCercocarpus ledifolius
Fourwing saltbushAtriplex canescens
Golden currantRibes aureum
Leadplant / false indigo bushAmorpha fruticosa
Lewis's mock orangePhiladelphus lewisii
Littleleaf mountain mahoganyCercocarpus intricatus
Mountain mahoganyCercocarpus montanus
New Mexico privetForestiera neomexicana
Red twig / red osier dogwoodCornus sericea
Sand cherryPrunus pumila
Silver buffaloberryShepherdia argentea
Smooth sumacRhus glabra
Utah serviceberryAmelanchier utahensis
Wax currantRibes cereum
Western snowberrySymphoricarpos occidentalis
American highbush cranberryViburnum trilobum
Black elderberrySambucus nigra
BLUE VELVET® honeysuckleLonicera korolkowii 'Floribunda'
Border forsythiaForsythia x intermedia
Bridal-wreath spireaSpiraea x vanhouttei
Burning bush / winged euonymusEuonymus alatus
Butterfly bushBuddleja davidii
Common lilacSyringa vulgaris
Common ninebarkPhysocarpus opulifolius
Japanese barberryBerberis thunbergii
Panicle hydrangeaHydrangea paniculata
Redleaf roseRosa glauca
Rose of sharonHibiscus syriacus
Russian oliveElaeagnus angustifolia
Saltcedar / tamariskTamarix ramosissima
Scarlet firethornPyracantha coccinea
Sea buckthornHippophae rhamnoides
Siberian pea shrubCaragana arborescens
Silver fountain butterfly bushBuddleja alternifolia
Smoke bush / smoke treeCotinus coggygria
Sungari redbead cotoneasterCotoneaster racemiflorus var. soongoricus
TIDY Littleleaf peashrubCaragana microphylla 'Tidy'
Wayfaring tree viburnumViburnum lantana