Today’s evergreens not only offer practical solutions to garden challenges—but they look fabulous in the landscape, too. With ...

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Foundation plantings are like spandex garments. They smooth out bumpy features and add a dressy look. Though the lovely ...

We recently purchased a home with a lot of overgrown shrubs. They cover part of our front windows and grow over the walks. They are also very crowded. We are not sure how much we can prune them. Are t ...

Neat hedges near the house can soften into more naturalistic planting further out, highlighting blowsy shrubs and wildflowers. Portals aren’t just structure — they’re story.

Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria Japonica), also called sugi, is an evergreen conifer that is hardy and fast-growing. “This selection of the Japanese red cedar grows 2 to 3 feet a year,” Bunting says.

If you like your evergreen hedges very neat, they can also be trimmed again in mid-summer (assuming we’re not in the middle of a drought). Knock off all pruning by the end of August.

For a neat evergreen hedge, consider Globe cedar, a sun-loving plant that grows naturally in a slightly upright globe. Little Giant is a popular choice combining small size and lush green colour.

Evergreen or Deciduous Decide if you prefer evergreen or deciduous privacy shrubs. Deciduous shrubs and bushes drop their leaves, so you may have different levels of privacy throughout the year.

Hedges are an easy way to create a natural privacy barrier in the garden that doubles as attractive greenery. When the plants are also low-maintenance, it’s a perfect combination.

This exquisite evergreen, flowering shrub is commonly referred to as Indian hawthorn, as it resembles the multiple blooms of hawthorn blossom. It is something of a rarity in garden centres, so it ...

"The only true native evergreen is holly and that can be a really nice evergreen dense hedge, but in exposed areas in Guernsey, people tend to lean on the more hardy, evergreen hedges such as ...