Create the privacy you long for without a hefty price tag by planting a “living wall” of shrubs. Getty Images /seven75 Good fences may make good neighbors, but let’s face it­, fences are not very ...

A beautiful hedge offers many benefits to a home garden. A wall of green can be a barrier between your space and the outside world, can define a space in your landscape, will dampen road noise, can ...

You don’t need a fence to maintain your privacy when you can block your nosy next-door neighbor from peering into your yard with the help of plants. These trees (along with some shrubs and vines) can ...

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 ...

You might be surprised to learn that some magnolia cultivars make great privacy hedges. One in particular also boasts pretty ...

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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Flowering shrubs aren't just for adding beauty to your garden. They're wonderful attractors of important ...

What? No flowers? That’s right. Today’s column features tried-and-true plants that provide basic, no-fuss greenery – and they do it for decades. Once called bread-and-butter plants, they persevere ...

Since camellias are my first passion, I like to incorporate them into my garden spaces in as many ways as I can. Not only as standalone small trees, but also as plantings that we don’t usually think ...

I was delighted the other day to pass a bright sign outside a garden along the ocean proclaiming, “Native Plants bring Life to this Landscape.” The sign was outlined with pictures of cardinals, ...

Recent studies suggest planting strips of wildflowers alongside crops boosts pollination and promotes higher yields. But these aren’t the only benefits. Adding wildflowers to your farm stabilizes the ...