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QUESTION: fast growing hedges, deer resistant, preferably evergreen to keep out nosy neighbors and planting shrubs under pine trees along drive way

orange county, NY  zone 6

ANSWER: My first choice for you:
Arborvitae 慓reen Giant?(Thuja 慓reen Giant?: It is deer resistant. For a quick hedge or windbreak, plant 5 - 6 ft. apart. For a more gradual hedge, plant 10 - 12 ft. apart. Fast grower. Prune in the Spring.  Up to  60 ft. height.  Doesn抰 do well in hot & dry (but you live in NY state, so that shouldn't be a problem).


Others to consider:
Boxwood (Buxus): A classic, fast-growing hedge.  Many types (Korean/English).  Takes clipping well  Doesn抰 get that tall, however.

Yew (Taxus baccata): Slow to medium grower. Height 6 ft.  Very slow grower, but deer don抰 like it (actually poisonous).

Holly (Ilex): prefer an acidic soil (like, under the pine trees)  The American holly is more widely adaptable than the English. Medium grower.  Up to 10 ft. height

Firethorn (Pyacantha coccinea): Fast grower. Up to  8 ft. tall

Leyland Cyprus (x Cupressocyparis Leylandii): Evergreen that makes a tough privacy/wind screen. Fast grower. Height to 60 ft. (but you can hedge it long before it gets that big).  Doesn抰 take a heavy snow load, however.

Variegated Japanese Laurel (Aucuba japonica 慥ariegata?:  Slow Growth. Prefers part- to full shade?Hey, I don抰 know where your hedge is gonna go!) Can get up to 9 ft. tall.

Cotoneaster:  C. lucidus and C. divaricatus, grow to 6 ft. Slow to medium growth. (NOT the more widely grown rockspray cotoneaster ?that one only gets 3 ft. ht.)

Heavenly Bamboo (Nandina domestica):  Medium to fast grower. Height to  7 ft. ?more open.

Ligustrum: (Privet)Fast grower, can get up to 8 ft.

Hope its enough choices for you...~Marc


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QUESTION: Thanks Marc,  just what i needed.  The hedges will get plenty of sun starting at the back of the driveway and continuing to the end of the property but the kids play basketball on the driveway, it needs to be sturdy because the balls will hit it and also preferably not prickly.  

so could you narrow it from your list?
Thanks

Answer
My personal choices for what you've descibed:  Arborvitae 慓reen Giant?(Thuja 慓reen Giant?, or Ligustrum (Privet).

Take a look at them at the nursery, and see if you line their textures.  The Thuja can get "leggy" if you just let it go - when it grows to 20 feet tall, it will begin to look more open.  

The Privet is bullet-proof in our area.

Both strudy, and readily available.  ~M