Creating a backyard you can relax in, free from prying eyes of neighbors or passersby, comes down to choosing the right features. Sure, you could build a great big wooden fence and be done with it — ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Since time immemorial, people have liked to surround their homes by building fences or growing hedges to create safe and private havens, keeping out predators and keeping in children and livestock.

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Hedges provide privacy and beauty in landscape design. Many trees are well ...

Question. I have an eighteen-year-old boxwood hedge with sections declining. Can I prune these back about two-thirds as we have done with ligustrum and pittosporum and expect them to recover? Answer.

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 ...