A private hideaway
By: Garden Gate staff
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Private hideaway
A wide-open backyard isn’t very inviting or relaxing. Create a private space you want to spend time in, while giving your neighbors more to look at, too.
Keep clicking to check out some plants that will make any outdoor living area more enjoyable.
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Eastern white pine Pinus strobus ‘Fastigiata’ Type Tree Blooms Gray-green evergreen needles Light Full sun to part shade Size 25 to 40 ft. tall, 8 to 15 ft. wide Cold-hardy USDA zones 3 to 9 Heat-tolerant AHS zones 9 to 1
Eastern white pine
Pinus strobus ‘Fastigiata’
Type Tree
Blooms Gray-green evergreen needles
Light Full sun to part shade
Size 25 to 40 ft. tall, 8 to 15 ft. wide
Cold-hardy USDA zones 3 to 9
Heat-tolerant AHS zones 9 to 1
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Clumping bamboo Fargesia ‘Scabrida’ Type Perennial Blooms Dark orange sheath reveals lavender-blue culm, or stem, that ages to olive green Light Part sun Size 10 to 14 ft. tall, 5 to 10 ft. wide Cold-hardy USDA zones 6 to 9 Heat-tolerant AHS zones 9 to
Clumping bamboo
Fargesia ‘Scabrida’
Type Perennial
Blooms Dark orange sheath reveals lavender-blue culm, or stem, that ages to olive green
Light Part sun
Size 10 to 14 ft. tall, 5 to 10 ft. wide
Cold-hardy USDA zones 6 to 9
Heat-tolerant AHS zones 9 to 1
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Hosta Hosta ‘Northern Exposure’ Type Perennial Blooms White flowers in summer; blue-green foliage with pale chartreuse margins Light Part to full shade Size 30 to 36 in. tall, 48 to 60 in. wide Cold-hardy USDA zones 3 to 9 Heat-tolerant AHS zones 9 to 1
Hosta
Hosta ‘Northern Exposure’
Type Perennial
Blooms White flowers in summer; blue-green foliage with pale chartreuse margins
Light Part to full shade
Size 30 to 36 in. tall, 48 to 60 in. wide
Cold-hardy USDA zones 3 to 9
Heat-tolerant AHS zones 9 to 1
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Begonia Begonia ‘Bonfire’ Type Tender perennial Blooms Orange flowers from late spring to frost Light Full sun to part shade Size 8 to 20 in. tall and wide Cold-hardy USDA zones 9 to 11 Heat-tolerant AHS zones 12 to 1
Begonia
Begonia ‘Bonfire’
Type Tender perennial
Blooms Orange flowers from late spring to frost
Light Full sun to part shade
Size 8 to 20 in. tall and wide
Cold-hardy USDA zones 9 to 11
Heat-tolerant AHS zones 12 to 1
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Little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Prairie Blues’ Type Perennial Blooms Tan seedheads from late summer to fall; blue foliage turns copper-orange in late summer Light Full sun Size 32 to 36 in. tall, 15 to 20 in. wide Cold-hardy USDA zones 3 to 9 He
Little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
‘Prairie Blues’Type Perennial
Blooms Tan seedheads from late summer to fall; blue foliage turns copper-orange in late summer
Light Full sun
Size 32 to 36 in. tall, 15 to 20 in. wide
Cold-hardy USDA zones 3 to 9
Heat-tolerant AHS zones 9 to 1
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Gloriosa daisy Rudbeckia hirta ‘Irish Eyes’ Type Perennial Blooms Yellow-and-gold flowers with green centers Light Full sun Size 24 to 36 in. tall, 18 to 24 in. wide Cold-hardy USDA zones 5 to 9 Heat-tolerant AHS zones 9 to 1
Gloriosa daisy
Rudbeckia hirta ‘Irish Eyes’
Type Perennial
Blooms Yellow-and-gold flowers with green centers
Light Full sun
Size 24 to 36 in. tall, 18 to 24 in. wide
Cold-hardy USDA zones 5 to 9
Heat-tolerant AHS zones 9 to 1
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