Trees for Screening and Windbreak

A row of evergreen trees will give privacy, block cold wind, and help baffle traffic noise. At the beach, salt-tolerant trees are planted in groves to shield shrubs and flowers from battering wind and salt spray. Any tree planted as a shield must be vigorous and dense. And on a large lot, where you must plant many, your choice should be economical. Here are some popular, sturdy evergreens that make good screens.

• Cherry laurel
• Deodar cedar
• Eastern red cedar
• Hemlock
• Japanese black pine
• Leyland cypress
• Monterey cypress
• Monterey pine
• Norway spruce
• Rocky Mountain juniper
• Scotch pine
• Southern magnolia
• Spruce pine
• White pine