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Screening Broadleaf Shrubs

These are broadleaf shrubs for screening -- recommended for the San Juan County area by Islandscape Nursery. Plants listed are usually available year round in sizes from 1 gallon pots to 5 gallon pots. Please call us for details on price and availability.

Note: We generally recommend a combination of conifers and leafy shrubs in planning your screen. The effect looks a little more "natural" and gives more overall interest.
Common Name
(Scientific Name)		 Characteristics
Glossy Abelia
(Abelia X Grandiflora)
Spacing:   
 4'
Growth Rate:   
 6" per year
Height to:   
 10' x 10'
Deer Resistant:   
 Good

Graceful, long blooming through summer. Pink or white, small dark green leaves
Strawberry Bush
(Arbutus Unedo)
Spacing:   
 6'
Growth Rate:   
 1' per year
Height to:   
 10' x 10'
Deer Resistant:   
 Marginal
Fast growth, interesting shape and colorful fruit in late season
Blueblossom
(Ceanothus Thysiflorus)
Spacing:   
 5'
Growth Rate:   
 2' per year
Height to:   
 8' x 8'
Deer Resistant:   
 Good
Inexpensive, fast growth, tiny dark green foliage, pale blue flowers in summer
Parney Cotoneaster
(Cotoneaster Lacteus)
Spacing:   
 5'
Growth Rate:   
 2' per year
Height to:   
 10' x 10'
Deer Resistant:   
 Good
Medium green, small leaves, white flowers in spring, red berries in winter for bird forage or cutting
Pink Escallonia
(Escallonia Exoniensis)
Spacing:   
 6'
Growth Rate:   
 2' per year
Height to:   
 10' x 10'
Deer Resistant:   
 Good
Small, dark green leaves, rangey habit, pink flowers all summer, fast growth
Clumping Bamboo
(Fargesia Rufa)
Spacing:   
 2'
Growth Rate:   
 2' per year
Height to:   
 8' x 3'
Deer Resistant:   
 Good
Expensive, though typical looking bamboo with manageable growth.
Coast Sink Tassel
(Garrya Ellliptica)
Spacing:   
 5'
Growth Rate:   
 1' per year
Height to:   
 8' x 10'
Deer Resistant:   
 Good
Good for coastal conditions, winter interest, expensive
California Wax Myrtle
(Myrica Californica)
Spacing:   
 4'
Growth Rate:   
 1' per year
Height to:   
 10' x 10'
Deer Resistant:   
 Good
Upright habit, light green, fragrant foliage


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192 Lopez Rd. or PO Box 447
Lopez Island, WA 98261
(360) 468-3416

 
 
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