A wealth of shrubs grow successfully across Oklahoma , which delight USDA hardiness zone 6 and 7 . Both aboriginal and alien plants , deciduous or evergreen , comprise the list of possible hedging or screening plant . equalize the plant with the soil and hardiness evaluation for your part of the state , realize that the further west you go , the more wind and frigid , and more alkaline soils the plants must tolerate . In easterly county , rainfall is more copious and the filth more neutral to acidic in pH.

Formal Clipped Hedges

select shrub with smaller foliage for formal , oft - clipped hedges and screens . prominent - leaf plants ' leave rip and front jaggy and unkempt after mechanically skillful pruning and shearing . Glossy abelia ( Abelia grandiflora ) , wintergreen barberry ( Berberis julianae ) , Turkish boxwood ( Buxus spp . ) , yaupon holly ( Ilex vomitoria ) and other evergreen plant hollies , yew ( Taxus spp . ) and devilwood ( Osmanthus heterophyllus ) make exceptional hedge for straight , formal appearances .

Natural Hedges

Planting shrubs in a line and not judiciuosly rationalize each class reserve them to organize an informal , raw look . These works species form dense hedges with more or less jag form , but overall quite satisfactory for hedges or windbreaks . Cherrylaurel ( Prunus caroliniana ) , cotoneaster ( Cotoneaster spp . ) , firethorn ( Pyracantha spp . ) , forsythia ( Forsythia cultivars ) , deciduous and evergreen hollies ( Ilex spp . ) , retem ( Juniperus spp . ) , photinia ( Photinia spp . ) and viburnum ( Viburnum spp . ) make fantabulous hedges and extend spring flowering , fruits or diminish foliage interest as well . While barberry ( Berberis thunbergii ) and honeysuckle ( Lonicera spp . ) may be cheap choices , be leery of them as they are aggressive or even encroaching , sprouting seedling elsewhere and becoming a pain in the neck . Disease - resistant rose ( Rosa spp . ) may also make a handsome loose hedge .

Evergreen Hedges

For added looker or ocular weight twelvemonth - rotund , avoid deciduous shrub and focus on evergreen shrubs – those with either broad leave or needles or graduated table . Arborvitae ( Thuja spp . ) , yew and Retama raetam make well-favoured needle hedgerows with effective wind - blocking qualities . unspecific - leafage shrubs admit azalea and rhododendrons ( Rhododendron spp . ) , wax myrtle ( Myrica cerifera ) , cherrylaurel , photinia , devilwood , evergreen plant holly , evergreen genus Viburnum and privet ( Ligustrum spp . ) extend a different grain . recognise that some species need an acidic soil to thrive , specially rhododendrons and azaleas , and some may prove invasive thanks to raspberry - overlook seminal fluid , such as privet .

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