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.

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 ...

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 ...

* What it is: Arborvitae are the top-selling evergreens for tall privacy hedges, but one drawback is that they sometimes grow too fast and end up getting too big for the space without regular and ...

Your yard is your oasis, a retreat from the outside world, unless the traffic – or your neighbors – are a little too close for comfort. Sometimes a fence isn’t the answer, but planting for privacy ...

These Yorkshire-grown plants provide an instant hedge offering privacy, security for your home or business premises.

Fences make good neighbors and so do hedges ... as long as they are done well. Hedges are the workhorses of the suburban garden. They define space. As superstars of the backdrop, they set the mood and ...

While it might look like a simple evergreen bush, there’s a lot more to the thuja plicata plant than you might expect. The ...

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 ...