Frost-Hardy Screening Shrubs
Frost knocks out tender screens fast. These shrubs are genuinely cold-hardy, evergreen and dense — reliable privacy through the coldest winters.
Plant list (144 plants)
| # | Plant | Spacing | Mature size | Light | Water |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon' Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon' | — | 1.8 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Drought-Tolerant |
| 2 | Weeping Bottlebrush Callistemon viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) G.Don | — | 5 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 3 | Alphonse Anderson Azalea Rhododendron indica 'Alphonse Anderson' | — | 1.5 m H × 1.5 m W | Part Shade, Full Shade | Moderate Water |
| 4 | Anthony Waterer Spiraea Spiraea japonica 'Anthony Waterer' | — | 1 m H × 1.2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 5 | Apricot Nectar Rose Rosa 'Apricot Nectar' | — | 1.2 m H × 0.9 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 6 | Beatrice Emily Camellia Camellia sasanqua 'Beatrice Emily' | — | 2.5 m H × 1.5 m W | Part Shade, Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 7 | Blush Pink Nandina Nandina domestica 'Blush Pink' | — | 0.5 m H × 0.6 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 8 | Bonica Rose Rosa 'Bonica' | — | 1 m H × 1.2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 9 | Brilliant Pink Iceberg Rose Rosa 'Brilliant Pink Iceberg' | — | 1.2 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 10 | Burgundy Iceberg Rose Rosa 'Burgundy Iceberg' | — | 1.2 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 11 | Burgundy Loropetalum Loropetalum chinense 'Burgundy' | — | 1.8 m H × 1.8 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 12 | Camellia Camellia japonica | — | 3 m H | Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 13 | Captain Cook Bottlebrush Callistemon 'Captain Cook' | — | 1.5 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 14 | Cardinal Tea Tree Leptospermum 'Cardinal' | — | 2 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 15 | Chinese Fringe Flower Loropetalum chinense 'China Pink' | — | 1.8 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 16 | Christmas Cheer Rhododendron Rhododendron 'Christmas Cheer' | — | 2 m H × 2 m W | Part Shade, Full Shade | Moist / Regular |
| 17 | Claret Tops Honey Myrtle Melaleuca 'Claret Tops' | — | 1 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 18 | Coastal Rosemary Westringia fruticosa | — | 1.5 m H | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 19 | Copper Glow Tea Tree Leptospermum 'Copper Glow' | — | 2 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 20 | Coppertop Viburnum Viburnum odoratissimum 'Coppertop' | — | 4 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 21 | Cosmic White Indian Hawthorn Rhaphiolepis indica 'Cosmic White' | — | 1.2 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 22 | Cotoneaster Cotoneaster glaucophyllus | — | 3 m H × 2.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Drought-Tolerant |
| 23 | Crepe Myrtle 'Yuma' Lagerstroemia 'Yuma' | — | 4 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 24 | Crepe Myrtle 'Zuni' Lagerstroemia 'Zuni' | — | 3 m H × 2.5 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 25 | Cut-leaf Banksia Banksia praemorsa | — | 4 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 26 | Double Knock Out Rose Rosa 'Double Knock Out' | — | 1.2 m H × 1.2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 27 | Dwarf Japanese Barberry Berberis thunbergii 'Atropurpurea Nana' | — | 0.6 m H × 0.6 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 28 | Dwarf Lilly Pilly Syzygium smithii 'Minor' | — | 3 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 29 | Dwarf Mock Orange Pittosporum tobira 'Miss Muffet' | — | 0.8 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 30 | Dwarf River Wattle Acacia cognata | — | 1 m H | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 31 | Dwarf Sacred Bamboo Nandina domestica 'Nana' | — | 0.6 m H × 0.6 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 32 | Edna Butler Camellia Camellia sasanqua 'Edna Butler' | — | 3 m H × 2 m W | Part Shade, Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 33 | Edward Goucher Abelia Abelia x grandiflora 'Edward Goucher' | — | 1.5 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 34 | Ellwood's Cypress Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Ellwoodii' | — | 3 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 35 | Emerald Lustre Viburnum Viburnum odoratissimum 'Emerald Lustre' | — | 4 m H × 2.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 36 | Endeavour Bottlebrush Callistemon 'Endeavour' | — | 2.5 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 37 | English Box Buxus sempervirens | — | 1.5 m H | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 38 | English Lavender Lavandula angustifolia | — | 0.6 m H | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 39 | English Yew Taxus baccata | — | 6 m H × 4 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 40 | Escallonia Escallonia 'Apple Blossom' | — | 2.5 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 41 | Eve Price Laurustinus Viburnum tinus 'Eve Price' | — | 2.5 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 42 | Faulkner Box Buxus microphylla 'Faulkner' | — | 1 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 43 | Fireworks Grevillea Grevillea 'Fireworks' | — | 2 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 44 | Flirt Nandina Nandina domestica 'Flirt' | — | 0.5 m H × 0.6 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 45 | Francis Mason Abelia Abelia x grandiflora 'Francis Mason' | — | 1.5 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 46 | Fringed Wattle Acacia fimbriata | — | 4 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 47 | Giant Candles Banksia Banksia 'Giant Candles' | — | 4 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 48 | Glossy Abelia Abelia x grandiflora 'Grandiflora' | — | 2 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 49 | Gold Bunny Rose Rosa 'Gold Bunny' | — | 0.9 m H × 0.7 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 50 | Golf Ball Pittosporum Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Golf Ball' | — | 1 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 51 | Great Balls of Fire Bottlebrush Callistemon 'Great Balls of Fire' | — | 1.5 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 52 | Great Eastern Camellia Camellia japonica 'Great Eastern' | — | 4 m H × 2.5 m W | Part Shade, Full Shade | Moderate Water |
| 53 | Green Gem Box Buxus sempervirens 'Green Gem' | — | 0.6 m H × 0.6 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 54 | Green Globe Honey Myrtle Melaleuca 'Green Globe' | — | 0.8 m H × 0.8 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 55 | Grevillea Moonlight Grevillea 'Moonlight' | — | 4 m H × 4 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 56 | Grey Box Coastal Rosemary Westringia fruticosa 'Grey Box' | — | 1 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 57 | Gulf Stream Nandina Nandina domestica 'Gulf Stream' | — | 1 m H × 0.8 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 58 | Hairpin Banksia Banksia spinulosa | — | 3 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 59 | Hannah Ray Bottlebrush Callistemon 'Hannah Ray' | — | 5 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 60 | Heath Banksia Banksia ericifolia | — | 4 m H × 4 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 61 | Hino Crimson Azalea Rhododendron kurume 'Hino Crimson' | — | 1 m H × 1 m W | Part Shade, Full Shade | Moderate Water |
| 62 | Hiryu Camellia Camellia sasanqua 'Hiryu' | — | 2.5 m H × 1.5 m W | Part Shade, Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 63 | Hot Pink Bottlebrush Callistemon viminalis 'Hot Pink' | — | 3 m H × 2.5 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 64 | Hugh Evans Camellia Camellia sasanqua 'Hugh Evans' | — | 3 m H × 2 m W | Part Shade, Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 65 | Iceberg Rose Rosa 'Iceberg' | — | 1.2 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 66 | Indian Hawthorn Rhaphiolepis indica 'Oriental Pearl' | — | 1.2 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 67 | Indica Azalea Rhododendron indica 'Alba Magna' | — | 1.5 m H × 1.5 m W | Part Shade, Full Shade | Moderate Water |
| 68 | Irish Yew Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata' | — | 5 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 69 | James Stirling Pittosporum Pittosporum tenuifolium 'James Stirling' | — | 3.5 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 70 | Japanese Box Buxus microphylla var. japonica | — | 1.5 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 71 | Jennifer Susan Camellia Camellia sasanqua 'Jennifer Susan' | — | 2.5 m H × 2 m W | Part Shade, Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 72 | Jervis Gem Coastal Rosemary Westringia 'Jervis Gem' | — | 0.6 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 73 | Kaleidoscope Abelia Abelia x grandiflora 'Kaleidoscope' | — | 0.8 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 74 | Kanjiro Camellia Camellia sasanqua 'Kanjiro' | — | 3 m H × 2 m W | Part Shade, Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 75 | Kings Park Special Bottlebrush Callistemon 'Kings Park Special' | — | 4 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 76 | Kirin Azalea Rhododendron kurume 'Kirin' | — | 1 m H × 1 m W | Part Shade, Full Shade | Moderate Water |
| 77 | Knock Out Rose Rosa 'Knock Out' | — | 1.2 m H × 1.2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 78 | Kurume Christmas Cheer Azalea Rhododendron kurume 'Christmas Cheer' | — | 1 m H × 1 m W | Part Shade, Full Shade | Moderate Water |
| 79 | Laurustinus Viburnum tinus 'Lucidum' | — | 3 m H × 2.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade, Full Shade | Moderate Water |
| 80 | Lilly Pilly Syzygium australe | — | 4 m H × 2.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 81 | Little Gem Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora 'Little Gem' | — | 4 m H × 2.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 82 | Little John Bottlebrush Callistemon 'Little John' | — | 1 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 83 | Lorraine Lee Rose Rosa 'Lorraine Lee' | — | 2 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 84 | Magnifica Azalea Rhododendron indica 'Magnifica' | — | 2 m H × 1.5 m W | Part Shade, Full Shade | Moderate Water |
| 85 | Marian's Marvel Correa Correa 'Marian's Marvel' | — | 1.5 m H × 1.5 m W | Part Shade, Full Sun | Low Water |
| 86 | Marjory Channon Pittosporum Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Marjory Channon' | — | 4 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 87 | Mary Rose Rosa 'Mary Rose' | — | 1.2 m H × 1.2 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 88 | May Bush Spiraea cantoniensis | — | 2 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 89 | Mexican Orange Blossom Choisya ternata | — | 2 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 90 | Mine-no-yuki Camellia Camellia sasanqua 'Mine-no-yuki' | — | 2.5 m H × 2.5 m W | Part Shade, Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 91 | Miss Muffet Pittosporum Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Miss Muffet' | — | 0.6 m H × 0.6 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 92 | Mojo Pittosporum Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Mojo' | — | 1 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 93 | Moon Bay Nandina Nandina domestica 'Moon Bay' | — | 0.7 m H × 0.7 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 94 | Nova Zembla Rhododendron Rhododendron 'Nova Zembla' | — | 3 m H × 2.5 m W | Part Shade, Full Shade | Moist / Regular |
| 95 | Obsession Nandina Nandina domestica 'Obsession' | — | 0.6 m H × 0.6 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 96 | Oleander Nerium oleander | — | 4 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 97 | Paradise Little Liane Camellia Camellia sasanqua 'Paradise Little Liane' | — | 2 m H × 1 m W | Part Shade, Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 98 | Photinia 'Red Robin' Photinia × fraseri 'Red Robin' | — | 4 m H × 2.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 99 | Photinia Robusta Photinia x fraseri 'Robusta' | — | 4 m H × 2.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 100 | Pincushion Hakea Hakea laurina | — | 5 m H × 4 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 101 | Pink Knock Out Rose Rosa 'Pink Knock Out' | — | 1.2 m H × 1.2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 102 | Pink Pearl Rhododendron Rhododendron 'Pink Pearl' | — | 4 m H × 3 m W | Part Shade, Full Shade | Moist / Regular |
| 103 | Pinky Winky Hydrangea Hydrangea paniculata 'Pinky Winky' | — | 2 m H × 1.8 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 104 | Pittosporum 'Silver Sheen' Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Silver Sheen' | — | 4 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 105 | Plantation Pink Camellia Camellia sasanqua 'Plantation Pink' | — | 3.5 m H × 2.5 m W | Part Shade, Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 106 | Plum Gorgeous Loropetalum Loropetalum chinense 'Plum Gorgeous' | — | 2 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 107 | Poorinda Ballerina Mint Bush Prostanthera 'Poorinda Ballerina' | — | 2 m H × 2 m W | Part Shade, Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 108 | Port Wine Magnolia Michelia figo | — | 3 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 109 | Pure Silk Camellia Camellia sasanqua 'Pure Silk' | — | 3 m H × 2 m W | Part Shade, Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 110 | Queen Elizabeth Rose Rosa 'Queen Elizabeth' | — | 2 m H × 1.2 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 111 | Queensland Silver Wattle Acacia podalyriifolia | — | 5 m H × 4 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 112 | Rabbiteye Blueberry Vaccinium ashei | — | 2 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moist / Regular |
| 113 | Red Wing Azalea Rhododendron indica 'Red Wing' | — | 1.5 m H × 1.5 m W | Part Shade, Full Shade | Moderate Water |
| 114 | Resilience Lilly Pilly Syzygium australe 'Resilience' | — | 5 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 115 | Rose Glow Barberry Berberis thunbergii 'Rose Glow' | — | 1.5 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 116 | Rose Queen Azalea Rhododendron indica 'Rose Queen' | — | 1.5 m H × 1.5 m W | Part Shade, Full Shade | Moderate Water |
| 117 | Rosemary Salvia rosmarinus | — | 1.2 m H | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 118 | Rosemary Grevillea Grevillea rosmarinifolia | — | 2 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 119 | Rubens Photinia Photinia glabra 'Rubens' | — | 3 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 120 | Sappho Rhododendron Rhododendron 'Sappho' | — | 3 m H × 2.5 m W | Part Shade, Full Shade | Moist / Regular |
| 121 | Sasanqua Camellia Camellia sasanqua 'Setsugekka' | — | 3 m H × 2 m W | Part Shade, Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 122 | Scarlet Kunzea Kunzea baxteri | — | 3 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 123 | Scarlet Sprite Grevillea Grevillea 'Scarlet Sprite' | — | 1.5 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 124 | Sexy Rexy Rose Rosa 'Sexy Rexy' | — | 1 m H × 0.8 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 125 | Silver Magic Pittosporum Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Silver Magic' | — | 2 m H × 1.2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 126 | Slim Bottlebrush Callistemon 'Slim' | — | 3 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 127 | Smokey Coastal Rosemary Westringia fruticosa 'Smokey' | — | 1 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 128 | Snow in Summer Melaleuca linariifolia 'Claret Tops' | — | 2 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 129 | Snow Maiden Indian Hawthorn Rhaphiolepis indica 'Snow Maiden' | — | 1.2 m H × 1.2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 130 | Splendens Azalea Rhododendron indica 'Splendens' | — | 1.5 m H × 1.5 m W | Part Shade, Full Shade | Moderate Water |
| 131 | Super Hedge Photinia Photinia x fraseri 'Super Hedge' | — | 4 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 132 | Sweet Pea Bush Polygala myrtifolia | — | 2 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 133 | Sweet Viburnum Viburnum odoratissimum 'Dense Fence' | — | 5 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 134 | Tea Camellia Camellia sinensis | — | 2 m H × 1.5 m W | Part Shade, Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 135 | Tick Bush Kunzea ambigua | — | 3 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 136 | Triumph Feijoa Acca sellowiana 'Triumph' | — | 3 m H × 2.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 137 | Unique Feijoa Acca sellowiana 'Unique' | — | 3 m H × 2.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 138 | Weeping Tea Tree Leptospermum 'Cardwell' | — | 2.5 m H × 2.5 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 139 | White Anzac Bottlebrush Callistemon 'White Anzac' | — | 1 m H × 2.5 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 140 | Wildfire Bottlebrush Callistemon 'Wildfire' | — | 3 m H × 2.5 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 141 | Willow-leaved Hakea Hakea salicifolia | — | 5 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 142 | Wynyabbie Gem Coastal Rosemary Westringia 'Wynyabbie Gem' | — | 1.8 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 143 | Yellow Spotted Emu Bush Eremophila maculata 'Aurea' | — | 2 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 144 | Yuletide Camellia Camellia sasanqua 'Yuletide' | — | 2.5 m H × 1.5 m W | Part Shade, Full Sun | Moderate Water |
How to use this plan
- Mark out your bed and set plants out (still in pots) using the spacing column.
- Place taller and wider plants to the back or centre, lower plants to the front or edges.
- Group by light and water needs so each plant gets the right conditions.
- Plant, mulch, water in well — then tick each plant off as you go.
Bed location
Date planted