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

Full-sun shrubs can add color ... There are many varieties, with the Japanese and American boxwood being the most popular for gardens. The boxwood is happiest in well-drained soil, and while ...

Landscape designers identify “desire paths,” the most likely ways from Point A to Point B. Intentionally working with these ...

Gardenias are a timeless favorite for many gardeners, but they are also quite finicky. Here are the plants you can and can't ...

The plant, typically boxwood or yew, can be shaped year after year as it grows. The topiarist will use sharp long-handled or electric clippers, or, for the specialist, lethal Japanese shears.

Gardening can be a rewarding hobby, but not all plants make good garden companions. Some seemingly harmless plants can become invasive, overtaking other plants and even posing risks to pets and ...

In choosing a tree, or shrub, for that matter ... Compared with what, an oak or a dwarf boxwood? You get the picture. There are “large” Japanese maples that sport “large” leaves, only ...

Japanese Yew, some junipers and Arborvitae; and broadleaf evergreens such as boxwood, euonymus, English ivy and holly. If plants go into winter drought-stressed or we have warm, windy winter days ...

Many other shrubs and plants can block views of your home and yard without the invasive issues privet brings. Boxwoods (Buxus spp.), generally lack privet's invasive tendencies, while still creating ...

Are deer feasting on your favorite garden plants? It's a common issue in suburban and rural ... so these are best avoided. But lavender and boxwood are often skipped in the buffet line and are great ...

Examples of Japanese Anemone cultivars ... Stang / CC BY-SA 4.0 Because boxwood shrubs play well with everything from herbs to flowers to vegetables they are perfect as foundation plants, privacy ...

For example, rosemary, holly, and boxwood plants. These are a great choice to diffuse strong ... penstemons, coreopsis, and Japanese anemone.