privet makes an excellent screening plant in urban areas for protection from noise, wind, and prying eyes. Its dark and glossy oval leaves create an attractive screen, while the hedge provides a ...

Although the idea of introducing plants to your yard to create privacy sounds wonderful, there are several invasive species ...

Sometimes it’s easy to forget that your hedge is actually a living, growing, plant. As architectural elements, they can seem ...

Hawthorn, blackthorn, guilder rose, yew, beech, native privet and field maple are great ... Hundreds of bugs live in and feed from native hedge plants. You can get a rough idea of the number ...

Q: My neighbor pointed out a part of my big pink-blooming loropetalum shrub that has white flowers. Why did this happen? Do I have an off-breed loropetalum? — Jack Chilton, north Decatur ...