I’m growing a coffeeberry and Toyon hedge around my back yard fence. This coffee berry plant (Frangula californica) is two years old. It grows 6-15 feet tall, can grow in part shade or full sun, will grow into a thick hedge and tolerates pruning as a hedge. Another common name for coffeeberry is California buckthorn. It supports a variety of birds, moths and butterflies, including the pale tiger swallowtail.