Privacy screen suggestions?

I have a similar situation with my neighbor. I decided to plant hemlock, a
beautiful
evergreen which is shade tolerant and can be trimmed to the 6 foot height you
want.
I'm in zone 5, but they should work in zone 6, as well. I'm spacing mine every
6 feet,
or so, and although small now, they should fill in after a few years. Hemlock
prefers
damp, well drained soil, slightly acidic.

Sherwin D.

Gary wrote:

I'm looking for ideas on plants I could use as a privacy screen between
my house and the neighbors. Here is my situation:
I'm in Zone 6, dry climate. My neighbor and I want to create a privacy
screen between our houses. We don't want to erect a fence but are
looking at other alternatives, such as planting bushes or other plants
that will grow (preferably fairly rapidly) into a natural privacy
screen that extends from ground level to about 6 ft. tall. We would
prefer using something that would provide privacy year 'round, such as
evergreens.
Our houses are only about 15-20 feet apart and the area in between is
very shady because the two houses keep it shaded most of the day. Also,
there are two tall pine trees (with no lower branches)situated close to
the property line. The area we are looking at is about 20 feet in
length.
Thanks for any suggestions anyone might have.
Gary

Sherwin & Pete-
Thank you for the excellent suggestions.
I will need to do some further research to see if hemlock would thrive
in my area. We are quite dry, and our soil tends to be a little more
on the alkaline side of the continuum, but it still might work. This
would make a very nice, natural-looking screen.
The woven willow fedge is a very interesting idea, as well. We do have
several varieties of willow trees and bushes here - some native, some
not. One of the photos in the Bluestem link reminded me of a couple of
woven willow chairs my grandparents had. I believe the chairs came
from the Ozarks, but I'm not sure. This application could make a great
divider!
Thanks again to both of you,
Gary