While hedges and shrubs are great for creating privacy, you might want to consider using evergreens that will hold up ...

The only downside to these plants is that they sometimes take years and years to grow to maturity ... A wonderful evergreen tree for creating a natural fence, Italian cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) ...

Hold off on pruning. Winter is a good time to prune a deciduous tree or shrub, but not an evergreen. Because the plant isn’t dormant, pruning in winter can stimulate new growth, prompting soft new ...

The wax leaf Ligustrum is a fast-growing evergreen shrub that typically grows to about 10 feet tall and 6 feet wide if left unpruned. For most of the year the focal point of the shrub is its leaves, ...

An informal, more natural appearance with great eye appeal can be obtained with less maintenance by allowing the evergreens to grow naturally and adding small flowering trees and deciduous shrubs ...