Lanai privacy
 

Our home had a viburnum hedge along the entire back of the house when built. We added a bird cage and rerouted the existing plants (With proper permits) and added a few more to allow for privacy along the extension made by the bird cage. We love both the privacy and at the same time the enjoyment of making friends of our neighbors.
Only draw back is the need for regular trimming.
Leave at least 4’ between the plants and the house to allow for maintenance and access.
PM me if you want
To see what it looks like.
PS. The existing bottle brush trees we have a scruffy in comparison to the viburnum. We are considering pulling them out and replacing them with more viburnum.

sugar palms, we have three

depending on space, alternate sugar palms (high) with some type of fan palm (lower)

ask landscaper about using sugar palms alternating with something

good luck

Good advice, valid points. I agree about getting approval. Been reading lately about “anonymous” busy bodies going around TV then making complaints about various violations.

And btw, don’t agree with doing that type of thing. These anonymous complaints included someone who painted a nice green color on her house borders but that was reported as a violation and she had to paint over it, and they fined her $2,500. Another case involved a complaint about someone’s hedges being too high, and she was forced to remove the plants, even though they were that high for years. Anyway, a bit off topic perhaps, but just underscoring approval issues, in case a neighbor or “anonymous” person raises an issue.

Shades
 

Shades do go up and down whenever you want.

Beautiful, yes, however
palm trees can attract palm rats and they can be difficult to trim.

We have a pindo palm in our front yard. Max height is 20'. It's the only cold hardy feather palm and tolerates temps as low as 5°F, which means it can grow as far north as coastal New Jersey and British Columbia. Fruits are edible and used to make jelly in South Florida, where this beauty is also called jelly palm. The only thing is, after about 5 years the fronds will be higher from the ground and you won't have privacy. We also have a viburnum hedge for privacy but it needs to be trimmed about 3 times a year. It's a fast grower.

Be very leery of the 3 trunk robolini palm. They look great but do not hold up very well if a frost or freeze occurs. A very popular landscaper warned us about this but my wife insisted she wanted one. Enjoyed it one year then had to replace it due to frost and freeze damage.

Hedge for privacy
 

We have an incredible privacy hedge consisting of bottle brush trees at the corners, and ligustrum in between. All our neighbors benefit from the hedge, and yes it has to be trimmed maybe twice a year. Left alone it would surely hit 12 feet. We keep it at 6. It's completely frost hardy. We have no problem at all with bees, and the birds are very happy.

I like the look of bottle brush, but oh those bees that love them too!

Ligustrum shrubs give you the best privacy. less expensive and less maintenance than palm trees.

Podocarpus - if you look around The Villages, a lot of common areas use Podocarpus hedges for privacy.

Sorry to disagree, but "clumping" bamboo does spread. Started with a 1 foot circle, which grew to a 2 foot circle, to a 4 foot circle, etc. Eventually, had to have it dug out at @ 8 foot diameter. Though it provided privacy, as it expanded it got dirty, messy and became a haven for unwanted critters.

Another vote for ligustrum, a great privacy hedge

Im surprised as here in AZ I have one and we get lots more freezes than Fl does and mine does fine! HEAT high heat killed one actually

I had 6 palm trees on my property 15 years ago and they were gone in 3 years. Nothing but cleanup all the time.