Create the privacy you long for without a hefty price tag by planting a “living wall” of shrubs. Getty Images /seven75 Good fences may make good neighbors, but let’s face it­, fences are not very ...

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 ...

Hedge planting can be both practical and decorative, providing privacy and security for your home while also adding greenery and texture to the yard. There are so many shrubs that can be used as hedge ...

Technically, the hedge was perfect: a tangle of berry brambles in some places; in others, thick groves of bamboo and patches of prickly pear cactus. Birds feasted on the berries, rabbits nibbled the ...