When deciding on the best privacy plants for your landscape, you'll want to consider three characteristics of the type of hedge you're eyeing. Our experts walk you through the decision-making process.

Many of our customers are searching for hardy shrubs to be used as privacy hedges or for the purpose of screening undesirable views. When selecting plants to use as a hedge, it is important to ...

You might recall that when a reader wrote about twin rows of Italian cypress — one established and healthy, the other newer and dying — the SoCal Garden Clinic asked a Pasadena nurseryman to tackle ...

Is there anything more capable of adding a sense of elegance to your landscape, while nostalgically teleporting you to the fictional Manderley estate, than a beautiful dense hedge around your lawn?

If you’re considering planting a hedge, now is a great time to do it. Hedges are a row of shrubs or small trees. They can grow to be only a few feet tall or as high as 15 feet. The shrubs may be ...

No matter the size of your backyard, privacy is important and there are different ways to create it. Privacy shrubs offer several benefits over hardscape solutions ...

If you are considering planting a hedge, now is a great time to get it done. This allows the shrubs to take advantage of the less stressful conditions during the cool season to get established in the ...

The humble hedge can be an important garden feature, creating privacy, defining boundaries, and providing more benefits to wildlife than a fence or wall. Many traditional options create an effective ...

We are looking for a tall hedge on the lot line between us and our neighbors. Thinking Carolina laurelcherry (Prunus caroliniana) would be a good choice. How close should we plant them together to get ...

Question: I want to plant a privacy hedge in Austin Texas Edwards escarpment so it's rocky soil. Looking for something thick, fast growing and can be kept to 7'. It's along a wrought iron fence and ...

Jim Putnam is the plant expert from the Southern Living Plant Collection. Mary Phillips is the head of native plant habitat strategy/certifications at the National Wildlife Federation. Janet Sluis is ...

If you are considering planting a hedge, now is a great time to get it done. This allows the shrubs to take advantage of the less stressful conditions during the cool season to get established in the ...