I have a 54-year-old privet hedge that until recently has been growing very nicely on all sides. However, in the last two years, I have noticed that the sides are not growing new stems and are getting ...

Is there anything more capable of adding a sense of elegance to your landscape, while nostalgically teleporting you to the fictional Manderley estate, than a beautiful dense hedge around your lawn?

With a good pruning schedule you can keep hedges under control without too much effort. Most evergreen formal hedges like to be trimmed two or three times a year, while they're actively growing.

Question: I planted a privet hedge about 10 years ago. It's at the end of its life. It's overgrown and brittle and the rabbits are having a field day. Is there an evergreen hedge that would be a good ...

Q. I have a hedge of privet bushes along the side of my yard. It was probably planted about 16 years ago. I keep it trimmed at about 3 1/2 feet tall. Last year, it started to show a few dead spots but ...

Privet. The word is virtually synonymous with hedges and, although it has no definitive etymology, some linguists maintain that privet is a variation of private. Indeed, privets are typically utilized ...

Last month I spoke to y'all about our trees blooming and casting their pollen onto everything around us. Now here in May, with the pecan trees in full leaf, our trees have concluded their dance. Over ...