I use lileac and "red twig dogwood" (See link at bottom -- wife likes the way they look with the red against the snow when the leaves are gone. I trim them to 4 foot tall on years I get around to it)
Two to three years to establish (if the voles don't get them), then you don't need snow fence.
Our weather normally comes from the NW, but the wind blows hard from the south at most other times. If I fence for south winds it's pretty good (so, along the south side of the driveway and south of the yard). I have one big gate just south of the yard, so end up w/ drifts there since I can't snow fence or plant shrubberies across the gate. I also do a stretch north of the yard where the drainfield is since the trees are pretty far from the yard at that point.
I've got 8 foot drifts about 10 feet south of the house and barn. Not up against them, 10 feet of 6-8 inches of snow, then an 8 foot drift, stretching almost out to the the driveway. All of that happened the last couple of days (maybe a 4 foot drift before, double in height last couple of days, and 4 or 5 times as wide to where it's still 4 feet deep at the driveway).
It's been a weird year. I'm seeing places to add fence/shrubs. Contrast my neighbor, no snow fence, he needs to blow out his driveway everytime it blows (which is almost every day here). His driveway was basically a four foot deep ditch last week that he had to keep emptying. I haven't gone up to see what he's got after the last two days.
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