The thuja is perhaps the most popular plant in the gardens. While it is often chosen to create a hedge, its popularity is ...

A cultivar of the widely-known Japanese privet ... 4 feet apart to allow for growth. As the shrubs fill out, dense evergreen foliage gives excellent screening for privacy. If you decide to prune your ...

Stop planting Chinese pistache! Apparently 8.1% of our urban tree canopy is Chinese pistache (Pistacea chinensis), now the most common urban tree in Chico. I have spent hundreds of hours with ...

Green Mountain' boxwood doesn't grow as quickly as some other privacy hedge plants, such as privet (Ligustrum spp.) but this isn't necessarily a downside. Unlike privet, boxwood hedges aren't known to ...

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Hedging plants ... hedge you could consider either the evergreen Escallonia macrantha, or forsythia, which bursts into bright-yellow flowers in the spring. Evergreen hedging doesn’t have to be green.

There is a lovely private and enclosed garden with mature hedges, plants and shrubbery to the rear with a paved patio seating area. All that’s missing is your own table and chairs, so what are you ...

Got the perfect sunny spot in your garden but not sure what to plant there? You'll need one of the best shrubs for full sun – and luckily, many shrubs thrive in the sunshine. Flowering shrubs often ...

a few autumn-flowering shrubs can work wonders at this time of the year. Whether you're looking for the best shrubs for pots or low-growing evergreen shrubs for borders, a surprising number of shrubs ...