If you want to create privacy in your outdoor space, hedges with dense foliage offer excellent natural barriers and backdrops. They add visual appeal to your landscape while blocking out neighbors or ...

When deciding on the best privacy plants for your landscape, you'll want to consider three characteristics of the type of hedge you're eyeing. Our experts walk you through the decision-making process.

I live in a neighborhood whose original houses were built 75 years ago. Those homes are modest single-story bungalows on 6,500-square-foot lots. However, as is the case in many Los Angeles ...

How to have healthier hedges—and happier neighbors.

Jim Putnam is the plant expert from the Southern Living Plant Collection. Mary Phillips is the head of native plant habitat strategy/certifications at the National Wildlife Federation. Janet Sluis is ...