Deer? Because if you have them, the Arborvitate (Thuja, "Green Giant") will never look nice. You'll have to fence them . . . forever. Ask me how I know! Most conifers need sun or they look scraggly, and the ones that do well in shade are deer candy. If you don't have deer, then yews, arborvitae, and hemlocks are all good choices. If you do have deer, white spruce, Picea glauca can tolerate some shade and is stunning. Other options are blue spruce (overdone, IMHO) and Serbian spruce Picea omorika, which comes in a pendulous form just like Norway spruce, and I know this because I just bought one for a deer infested area. Serbian spruce is more columnar than blue and white spruce, so it wouldn't screen quite as well. You could mix them if you like that look. I would judiciously plant some pendulous Serbian spruces, because any spruce you plant is going to eventually get big and fight for life with your shade trees. So either commit to taking those out when the time comes, or give them all the space they need. You can put your street blocking shrubs up close to the house, my folks have three pyramidal arborvitae right up next to the house, forming a little living wall/courtyard that blocks off the bay window's view of the street. In that application, the deer have so far stayed away from them, I guess because of their closeness to the house, but even then, all bets are off with deer. They probably don't bother those ones because they are so busy eating the other ones we have planted out by the busy road . . .

Thanks for great response. No deer problem. There are arborvitae scattered around property and those aren't deer munched. Are you against norway spruce in that exposed lot corner, btwn bush and shade tree to left?

Green Giants are not a standard arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis) but a hybrid of two other species of Thuja that are significantly more deer resistant.

Either selection will make a decent privacy screen.

I absolutely adore Norway spruces. Have one in my front yard. They just need adequate sun. Can't really tell from your description. As for the deer, guess they didn't get the memo in my yard, or the shrubs we planted were mislabeled, which is entirely possible. Probably why they were on sale. I'm in the Midwest though, another thought is that the deer may have more cosmopolitan tastes for both east and west coast species. Green giant has been reported to be deer resistant in your area, and I have seen some beauties when I lived out east.

Vstavay that is tremendous thanks so much for that awesome suggestion??

Your neighbor across the road with the stone wall looks like he has what appears to be a Norway spruce up against his house. If you think you have enough room for it, go for it!

Why not to plant the same bush that you have from the right? Conifer alone doesn't look good.

Thanks vstavay!! I don't even know what the heck that Bush is. I'M it's ugly. Liking conifers for year round screen of road

How about like qty 4 arborvitae 3 footers kinda staggered.

If you don't like that bush, plant a group of evergreens instead.

Most likely will. Thanks