While hedges and shrubs are great for creating privacy, you might want to consider using evergreens that will hold up ...

This bush can be grown in USDA Hardiness Zones 7 through 11, and it responds well to pruning, allowing you to carefully sculp a privacy hedge. The wax leaf Ligustrum is a fast-growing evergreen shrub ...

However, to ensure winter doesn't leave bare chinks in your yard by stripping down or tarnishing deciduous greens, you must grow evergreen shrubs ... and is hardy in zones 7 to 10.