Fast growing shrubs that will provide privacy and quick screening

Gardeners are often keen to gain that little bit more green screening for privacy in their garden, and there are a number of fast growing shrubs and bamboos that can be used for quick green screening.

The one big draw back to consider when choosing such fast growing shrubs is that many quick growing screening plants rarely stop growing when they get to the sort of height that you require, and this can mean on going pruning and green waste to cope with or the possibility of having your garden shaded by excessive growth. This can be a real problem in smaller gardens, but less so in larger gardens were there is space for growth.

Click Image for Full Profile	Latin & Common Name	Earmark	Type & Form	Flowers & Foliage
	Forsythia X intermedia Golden Bell		Shrub, Hedging & Screening, Rounded - Bush	Yellow flowers (Spring)
	Prunus laurocerasus Common Laurel		Tree, Shrub, Hedging & Screening, Rounded - Bush	White flowers (Summer early)
	Sambucus racemosa 'Plumosa Aurea' Cut leaf Elder		Shrub, Container-friendly, Rounded - Bush	White flowers (Summer early)
	Viburnum opulus 'Sterile' Guelder Rose		Shrub, Hedging & Screening, Rounded - Bush	White flowers (Summer, scented)
	Buddleja davidii 'Harlequin' Variegated butterfly bush		Shrub, Rounded - Bush	Non-flowering
	Cornus alba 'Aurea' Golden Dogwood		Shrub, Rounded - Bush	Non-flowering
	Fargesia murielae Umbrella Bamboo		Shrub, Grass, Spikey	Non-flowering
	Buddleja davidii Adokeep		Shrub, Rounded - Tree	Purple flowers (Summer early, scented)
	Leycesteria formosa 'Purple Rain' Leycesteria, Himalayan Honeysucke		Shrub, Spreading arching	Purple flowers (Summer)