Best Screening plants for privacy

Which are the best screening plant selections to help provide us with privacy?

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##FULL QUESTION## Dear *Gardening Life*, We have a new house in Calmar, southwest of Edmonton. We need some type of screening plants about 15 feet tall to create privacy in the narrow space between our front door and our neighbour’s deck. The area gets morning sun and the soil is moist and clayey. Help! *—Trevor and Stacy Smith, Calmar, AB*

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##FULL ANSWER## Tevor, With the part shade and moist soil in what sounds to be a sheltered spot, Brandon pyramidal cedars (*Thuja occidentalis* ‘Brandon’) would be very happy. They’re extremely hardy and get a good 13 feet tall but only four feet wide, requiring little trimming. *—Marjorie Harris, Editor at Large* Other questions recently answered by the GL team: Growing on a septic field How to battle weeds between flagstone and alternative options Mysterious orange powder on the lawn What to do with end-of-season potatoes on the vine How to control Japanese knotweed What to grow in a dry area The proper way to plant astrantia What is the star flower and how do I manage it? How do I eliminate my ant problem? Preventing red beetles from attacking lilies Vine types to grow on a new pergola Maintaining purple fountain grass Keeping bougainvilllea healthy throughout the winer How to rid invasive green goutweed Good garden uses for fireplace ashes Growing grape hyacinth indoors The best way to convert a lawn into a meadow The proper way to grow rhododendrons Eliminating beetle damage to spruce trees Annual resembling Japanese maple Planting ivy near cedar trees In search of the 'Sundance Kid' sunflower Caring for canna bulbs A supplier for barren strawberry ground cover Winter care for roses Cutting back mauna loa The best time to harvest curly-leaf lettuce Eliminating invasive trumpet Caring for double-flowering hibiscus trees Eliminating white aphids from honeysuckle vine Where to purchase Japanese blood grass An alternative to rhododendrons Growing a vegetable garden over a septic field Dividing and replanting daylilies Proper care for oakleaf hydrangea The best care for shrub roses 'The Fairy' Pest eating purple leaf sand cherry Preventing lawn brown spots Keeping plants sturdy Preventing suckers from a cut-down serviceberry tree Best tomato seeds to sow Preventing wind damage to grasses Plants to highlight a pool Reshaping yew tree The best way to replace a lawn

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