Japanese Maple Screens are a great way to incorporate summer color and texture into the borders of your yard and outdoor rooms. Lace-leaf weeping (Acer palmatum ‘Bloodgood’ or (Acer palmatum ‘Seiryu’) and palm-leaf upright (Acer palmatum ‘Katsura’) Japanese Maples are trained to provide dense maroon or green barriers available in either five foot or seven foot sections that create private spaces in your yard.

Variegated Beech Screens (Fagus sylvatica ‘ Roseo Marginata’) can also be used to break larger spaces into private outdoor rooms or designate your borders. This deciduous screen comes with maroon and magenta bi-color or pink, green and pale tri-color leaf variegations. The silvery bark draws interest throughout the winter.

Espaliered apple trees give your fence line or wall additional dimension and interest.  Plus, they’ll produce food.