Hedging & Screening

Hedging & Screening Plants for Privacy, Beauty & Growth

Finding the best hedging plants for your garden is about more than just privacy, it’s about shape, style, and creating a landscape that feels both natural and well-designed. At World Plant Nursery, our Hedging & Screening collection is carefully curated to include Australia’s most popular and reliable species for every garden style. 

Whether you’re after lilly pilly hedging plants, buxus hedging plants, or tropical plants for screening, you’ll find proven performers here that thrive in Australian conditions.

Fast-Growing Privacy Screens

If you need a fast-growing privacy screen, this is where to start. Varieties like Lilly Pilly Elite (Syzygium australe ‘Elite’), Lilly Pilly Resilience (Syzygium australe ‘Resilience’), and Syzygium Winter Lights are standout choices for lilly pilly screening plants. They grow quickly, stay evergreen, and bring a mix of lush green leaves and vibrant red new growth.

Murraya paniculata 'Min-a-Min' is another reliable performer for quick-growing screening plants, offering dense foliage, small fragrant white blooms, and the ability to form a neat, clipped hedge with minimal effort. These are ideal plants for privacy that will fill in fast and look great all year.

Feed your hedges twice a year with a balanced fertiliser and water deeply during dry spells to encourage strong root growth and even foliage coverage.

Formal & Classic Hedge Plants

For structured gardens, low borders, or hedge plants for narrow spaces, our classic range brings timeless elegance.

Buxus Microphylla ‘Faulkner’ Topiary Balls and Buxus japonica (Japanese Box) are trusted names in Buxus hedging plants, known for their tight growth habit and tolerance to regular shaping. These are perfect for those who love a manicured, European-inspired look.

Pair them with Cupressus ‘Leighton Green’, a fast-growing conifer known for its height and density, ideal for tall screening plants or formal driveway hedges. Each of these evergreen hedging plants provides lasting privacy and structure while keeping maintenance simple.

Flowering & Ornamental Screening Plants

Who says privacy can’t be beautiful? Our hedging plants with flowers add colour, fragrance, and seasonal charm to your garden.

Highlights include Magnolia Little Gem, Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’, and Magnolia Grandiflora ‘Teddy Bear’, three varieties that blend lush green foliage with creamy, fragrant blooms. These are stunning privacy trees for statement hedging or feature screening near patios and pool areas.

For something fragrant and fast, Trachelospermum Jasminoides (Star Jasmine) brings evergreen leaves and star-shaped white flowers that fill the air with a sweet scent. If you love traditional colour, our azaleas, Azalea Kurume ‘Kirin’, Azalea Indica ‘Exquisite’, and Azalea Indica ‘Mrs Kint White’, are excellent good hedging plants for mixed borders or flowering screens.

Soft & Tropical Screening Options

Prefer a lush, tropical style? Try Cyrtostachys Renda, a striking palm that creates a bold privacy feature, or Liriope Muscari Evergreen Giant, which serves as an excellent underplanting companion or low screening edge.
These tropical plants for screening are perfect for warm climates or gardens where you want a softer, more natural boundary rather than a clipped hedge.

These species also complement other fast-growing screens, helping you design layered garden beds that feel relaxed yet structured.

Mixed-Use Border & Screening Plants

Not all gardens need a single-species hedge. Sometimes the best results come from mixing textures, colours, and growth forms.

Our mixed-use screening plants include Pittosporum ‘Miss Muffet’, Carissa Macrocarpa Desert Star, Nandina Domestica ‘Moon Bay’, Camellia Japonica ‘Nuccios Jewel’, Camellia Sasanqua ‘Bonanza’, Loropetalum ‘Plum Gorgeous’, and Alternanthera ‘Little Ruby’.

Each brings a unique element: from the soft pink foliage of Loropetalum to the winter blooms of Camellia. These plants for fence line privacy work beautifully in layered plantings, giving you visual interest across the seasons while maintaining coverage.

Instant Tall Screening & Statement Plants

For homeowners looking for height and instant results, Cupressus ‘Leighton Green’, Magnolia ‘Teddy Bear’, and Cyrtostachys Renda serve as commanding tall screening plants. These options grow quickly, providing immediate shelter from neighbours and wind. They’re ideal plants to block neighbours or define large outdoor spaces with a natural wall of green.

Their lush foliage ensures year-round cover, making them some of the best plants for screening in both residential and commercial landscapes.

Why Choose World Plant Nursery?

We’ve handpicked our hedging plants and screening plants based on years of horticultural experience. Our plants are grown locally, ensuring they’re well-suited to Australian soils and climates. 

Whether you’re creating a privacy hedge along your fence line or adding ornamental screening near your outdoor entertaining area, our range offers fast-growing plants for privacy, narrow screening plants, and evergreen hedging plants that deliver both performance and beauty.

You can buy hedging plants online directly through our website, with reliable nationwide delivery and healthy plants packed carefully to ensure they arrive ready to thrive.