The best fast-growing privacy plants — gardening pros say these 7 shrubs will add shade and seclusion

The best fast-growing privacy plants are useful to know. Here are three of these - a privet bush with green leaves and small white flowers, a holly bush with dark green spiky leaves and red berries, and cherry laurel plants with long white flowers.

You'll find it useful to find out the best fast-growing privacy plants if you want to keep prying eyes out of your backyard in an aesthetically pleasing, natural way.

We've asked gardening pros what the best plants are, why they're great choices, and how to grow them. From chic Leyland cypress to low-maintenance wax myrtle, there are lots of leafy options that will match your place's look.