Whether as a privacy screen, windbreak or to limit the garden space, an evergreen, fast-growing tree provides a quick solution. The best species for the home garden.
What fast-growing evergreen trees are there?
Fast-growing evergreen trees include the bastard cypress, the western arborvitae, the silver fir, the Norway spruce, the European yew and the common juniper. All of these conifers grow quickly, are hardy and easy to care for, offer privacy and can easily be limited in size.
Which evergreen trees are particularly fast-growing?
The evergreen species presented here are, without exception, conifers or conifers. These are hardy, robust and easy to care for. Some can reach heights of between 30 and 40 meters, so are not necessarily suitable for small gardens. Others, on the other hand, remain rather small with an average final size of six meters. Nevertheless, all of the trees listed can be easily limited in size through regular pruning. If, on the other hand, you want narrow-growing trees, it's best to choose a columnar shape - but be careful, some of the slender varieties are short-growing!
Bastard cypress (Cupressocyparis leylandii)
The bastard cypress or Leyland cypress is probably the most recommended, fast-growing conifer species. Depending on the location and soil conditions, it grows between 40 and 100 centimeters per year and reaches final heights of between eight and 25 meters, although its size can be easily limited by cutting measures. It also grows particularly densely.
Occidental tree of life (Thuja occidentalis)
The tree of life grows between 20 and 40 centimeters per year, and can also cope well with difficult site conditions, is cut-resistant and available in many varieties with copper-colored, yellow or green needles.
White fir (Abies alba)
The native “queen of the conifers” can grow up to 65 meters high in its natural environment, making it one of the giants in our forests. In the garden it usually reaches between 30 and 40 meters if you let it. The tree grows between 20 and 40 centimeters per year.
Red Spruce / Common Spruce (Picea abies)
Spruces are suitable for solitary as well as group or hedge planting. With an average growth of 45 to 70 centimeters per year, it is very fast-growing.
European Yew (Taxus baccata)
The native yew tree, which is very easy to cut and therefore easy to shape, grows on average between 20 and 30 centimeters per year. However, this conifer is highly poisonous!
Common juniper (Juniperus communis)
The common juniper or heather juniper also increases in size between 20 and 40 centimeters per year. The tree is very easy to cut and also produces juniper berries, which are often used as a spice in the kitchen.
Tip
If it doesn't necessarily have to be a tree, then the various types and varieties of bamboo are among the fastest growing evergreen shrubs. Here, however, a root barrier is mandatory, otherwise there will soon be a whole bamboo forest in your garden.
