1. Boxwood (Buxus)
- Benefits: Dense growth, easy to shape
- Description: Evergreen with small, glossy leaves
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 5-9
- Tips: Prune regularly to maintain shape
2. Privet (Ligustrum)
- Benefits: Fast-growing, hardy
- Description: Deciduous or evergreen with small leaves
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 5-9
- Tips: Tolerates heavy pruning
3. Arborvitae (Thuja)
- Benefits: Dense foliage, low maintenance
- Description: Evergreen with soft, scale-like leaves
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 2-7
- Tips: Water regularly in the first year
4. Holly (Ilex)
- Benefits: Attractive berries, dense growth
- Description: Evergreen with glossy, spiny leaves
- Ease of Growing: Moderate
- Zones: 5-9
- Tips: Plant male and female plants for berries
5. Yew (Taxus)
- Benefits: Long-lived, tolerates pruning
- Description: Evergreen with needle-like leaves
- Ease of Growing: Moderate
- Zones: 4-7
- Tips: Avoid waterlogged soils
6. Leyland Cypress (Cupressocyparis leylandii)
- Benefits: Fast-growing, tall
- Description: Evergreen with soft, feathery foliage
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 6-10
- Tips: Space properly to prevent overcrowding
7. Japanese Holly (Ilex crenata)
- Benefits: Compact growth, small leaves
- Description: Evergreen with small, glossy leaves
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 5-7
- Tips: Prune to maintain shape
8. Photinia (Photinia x fraseri)
- Benefits: Red new growth, hardy
- Description: Evergreen with glossy, red-tinted leaves
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 7-9
- Tips: Prune in early spring
9. Firethorn (Pyracantha)
- Benefits: Bright berries, thorny
- Description: Evergreen with glossy leaves and bright berries
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 6-9
- Tips: Use gloves when pruning
10. Spirea (Spiraea)
- Benefits: Showy flowers, hardy
- Description: Deciduous with small leaves and clusters of flowers
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 3-8
- Tips: Prune after flowering
11. Lilac (Syringa)
- Benefits: Fragrant flowers, hardy
- Description: Deciduous with large, fragrant flower clusters
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 3-7
- Tips: Prune after flowering
12. Forsythia (Forsythia x intermedia)
- Benefits: Early spring flowers, fast-growing
- Description: Deciduous with bright yellow flowers
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 5-8
- Tips: Prune after flowering
13. Barberry (Berberis)
- Benefits: Colorful foliage, thorny
- Description: Deciduous or evergreen with colorful leaves
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 4-8
- Tips: Handle with care due to thorns
14. Viburnum (Viburnum)
- Benefits: Attractive flowers, berries
- Description: Deciduous or evergreen with clusters of flowers and berries
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 2-9
- Tips: Prune after flowering
15. Mock Orange (Philadelphus)
- Benefits: Fragrant flowers, hardy
- Description: Deciduous with white, fragrant flowers
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 4-8
- Tips: Prune after flowering
16. Rhododendron (Rhododendron)
- Benefits: Showy flowers, evergreen
- Description: Evergreen with large, showy flowers
- Ease of Growing: Moderate
- Zones: 4-8
- Tips: Acidic soil preferred
17. Azalea (Rhododendron)
- Benefits: Showy flowers, evergreen or deciduous
- Description: Evergreen or deciduous with large, showy flowers
- Ease of Growing: Moderate
- Zones: 5-9
- Tips: Acidic soil preferred
18. Euonymus (Euonymus)
- Benefits: Versatile, evergreen
- Description: Evergreen with variegated or green leaves
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 5-9
- Tips: Prune to maintain shape
19. Box Honeysuckle (Lonicera nitida)
- Benefits: Fast-growing, dense
- Description: Evergreen with small leaves and tiny flowers
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 6-9
- Tips: Prune regularly to control growth
20. Bamboo (Bambusoideae)
- Benefits: Fast-growing, privacy screen
- Description: Evergreen with tall, slender canes and narrow leaves
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 5-10
- Tips: Use barriers to control spread
21. Pittosporum (Pittosporum)
- Benefits: Fragrant flowers, evergreen
- Description: Evergreen with glossy leaves and fragrant flowers
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 8-10
- Tips: Prune to maintain shape
22. Camellia (Camellia)
- Benefits: Showy flowers, evergreen
- Description: Evergreen with large, showy flowers
- Ease of Growing: Moderate
- Zones: 7-9
- Tips: Acidic soil preferred
23. Oleander (Nerium oleander)
- Benefits: Showy flowers, drought-tolerant
- Description: Evergreen with large, showy flowers
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 8-10
- Tips: Handle with care, toxic
24. Rose (Rosa)
- Benefits: Fragrant flowers, variety
- Description: Deciduous with showy, fragrant flowers
- Ease of Growing: Moderate
- Zones: 3-11
- Tips: Prune regularly for best blooms
25. Lavender (Lavandula)
- Benefits: Fragrant, drought-tolerant
- Description: Evergreen with fragrant, purple flowers
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 5-9
- Tips: Well-drained soil essential
26. Escallonia (Escallonia)
- Benefits: Evergreen, showy flowers
- Description: Evergreen with glossy leaves and clusters of flowers
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 8-10
- Tips: Prune to maintain shape
27. Weigela (Weigela)
- Benefits: Showy flowers, hardy
- Description: Deciduous with tubular flowers
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 4-8
- Tips: Prune after flowering
28. Cherry Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus)
- Benefits: Evergreen, fast-growing
- Description: Evergreen with glossy leaves and white flowers
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 6-9
- Tips: Prune to control size
29. Red Tip Photinia (Photinia x fraseri ‘Red Robin’)
- Benefits: Red new growth, evergreen
- Description: Evergreen with red-tinted new leaves
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 7-9
- Tips: Prune to encourage new growth
30. Butterfly Bush (Buddleja)
- Benefits: Attracts butterflies, showy flowers
- Description: Deciduous with large flower spikes
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 5-9
- Tips: Prune back in spring
31. Fuchsia (Fuchsia)
- Benefits: Showy flowers, attracts hummingbirds
- Description: Deciduous or evergreen with pendulous flowers
- Ease of Growing: Moderate
- Zones: 6-10
- Tips: Protect from frost
32. Bay Laurel (Laurus nobilis)
- Benefits: Aromatic leaves, evergreen
- Description: Evergreen with aromatic leaves
- **Easeof Growing:** Easy
- Zones: 8-10
- Tips: Can be grown in pots
33. Sweet Viburnum (Viburnum odoratissimum)
- Benefits: Fragrant flowers, evergreen
- Description: Evergreen with clusters of fragrant flowers
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 8-10
- Tips: Prune to maintain shape
34. Snowball Bush (Viburnum opulus)
- Benefits: Showy flowers, hardy
- Description: Deciduous with large, spherical flower clusters
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 3-8
- Tips: Prune after flowering
35. Ceanothus (Ceanothus)
- Benefits: Showy blue flowers, evergreen
- Description: Evergreen with clusters of blue flowers
- Ease of Growing: Moderate
- Zones: 7-10
- Tips: Well-drained soil essential
36. Oleaster (Elaeagnus)
- Benefits: Hardy, evergreen
- Description: Evergreen with silvery leaves and fragrant flowers
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 7-9
- Tips: Drought-tolerant once established
37. Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster)
- Benefits: Hardy, berries
- Description: Deciduous or evergreen with small leaves and berries
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 5-8
- Tips: Prune to maintain shape
38. Mock Orange (Choisya)
- Benefits: Fragrant flowers, evergreen
- Description: Evergreen with white, fragrant flowers
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 7-10
- Tips: Prune after flowering
39. Hydrangea (Hydrangea)
- Benefits: Showy flowers, hardy
- Description: Deciduous with large, colorful flower clusters
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 3-9
- Tips: Prune in late winter or early spring
40. Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum)
- Benefits: Attractive foliage, hardy
- Description: Deciduous with delicate, colorful leaves
- Ease of Growing: Moderate
- Zones: 5-8
- Tips: Protect from strong winds
41. Pieris (Pieris japonica)
- Benefits: Showy flowers, evergreen
- Description: Evergreen with clusters of bell-shaped flowers
- Ease of Growing: Moderate
- Zones: 5-8
- Tips: Acidic soil preferred
42. Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia)
- Benefits: Showy flowers, evergreen
- Description: Evergreen with clusters of pink or white flowers
- Ease of Growing: Moderate
- Zones: 4-9
- Tips: Acidic soil preferred
43. Smoke Bush (Cotinus)
- Benefits: Showy foliage, hardy
- Description: Deciduous with large, fluffy flower clusters
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 5-8
- Tips: Prune to maintain shape
44. Heavenly Bamboo (Nandina domestica)
- Benefits: Colorful foliage, hardy
- Description: Evergreen with colorful leaves and berries
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 6-9
- Tips: Prune to control size
45. Pieris (Pieris japonica)
- Benefits: Showy flowers, evergreen
- Description: Evergreen with clusters of bell-shaped flowers
- Ease of Growing: Moderate
- Zones: 5-8
- Tips: Acidic soil preferred
46. Cleyera (Ternstroemia gymnanthera)
- Benefits: Evergreen, hardy
- Description: Evergreen with glossy leaves
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 8-10
- Tips: Prune to maintain shape
47. Boxleaf Euonymus (Euonymus japonicus ‘Microphyllus’)
- Benefits: Compact, evergreen
- Description: Evergreen with small, dense leaves
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 6-9
- Tips: Prune to maintain shape
48. Chindo Viburnum (Viburnum awabuki ‘Chindo’)
- Benefits: Evergreen, showy
- Description: Evergreen with glossy leaves and clusters of white flowers
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 7-9
- Tips: Prune to maintain shape
49. Japanese Pittosporum (Pittosporum tobira)
- Benefits: Evergreen, fragrant flowers
- Description: Evergreen with glossy leaves and clusters of fragrant flowers
- Ease of Growing: Easy
- Zones: 8-10
- Tips: Prune to maintain shape
50. English Yew (Taxus baccata)
- Benefits: Long-lived, dense
- Description: Evergreen with needle-like leaves and red berries
- Ease of Growing: Moderate
- Zones: 5-7
- Tips: Avoid planting in wet soils “`
