You’ve found your perfect backyard, but there’s building going on in the next plot and you don’t want to have to look at it – or have the neighbors overlooking your next backyard party. But a tall ...

Question: I need several trees/tall shrubs for a screen well away from the house. The important height range is in the 4-7' range for effective screening. Soil is caliche rich but can be amended, sun ...

Q: We would like to get privacy from two-story condominiums on our west property line. Unfortunately, there is only an 18-inch band of soil between the fence and our driveway. Do you have any ...

If you're looking to create a colorful, private oasis to call your own, these are the best bushes that will get the job done ...

Golden cestrum Golden cestrum (Cestrum aurantiacum) is a fast-growing scrambling shrub that produces yellow tubular blooms nearly year-round. It, too, may show freeze damage, but rebounds easily in ...

From fences to ornate garden screens, there are lots of ways to create more privacy for your outdoor space. But using shrubs has to be one of the prettiest solutions, especially if they provide ...

DEAR NEIL: I planted two small Japanese yews a year ago to act as privacy screening plants. They have grown well, but I can already tell it will take too long for them to give the privacy I need. Can ...

Yew trees and shrubs (Taxus) are among the most versatile of conifers. These slow-growing, long-lived evergreens are drought-tolerant, pest-free and amazingly easy to prune. Most have dark green ...

Plants are a great way to create privacy and screening and can even draw the eye towards a specific feature in the garden. They can also be used to cover up something potentially unsightly like broken ...

With summer just a few months away, many Britons will be getting their gardens ready for outdoor dining, social events, and relaxation. Pruning, tidying, removing weeds, and cleaning patios and fences ...

I’ve been up this “privacy” thing one side and back down the other. City lots are a fraction of what they once were. Houses, frequently two stories, are shoved together and apartments are pushed in ...