Rather than spending money on new hydrangea plants, use this method to gradually grow additional hydrangeas until you have a ...

For sheared hedges, you obviously want to look for plants that can handle regular, heavy pruning. Sure, yews ( Taxus ) and boxwood ( Buxus ) work well. But there are many other options out there.

Managing a farm’s existing trees and hedges is a cost-effective way to add natural resilience to a livestock business without ...

Seems fairly obvious, but a hedge is just a linear planting of plants meant to define an edge, provide a screen or create a backdrop. Many homeowners think that hedges can only consist of boxwood ...

There are many other possible hedge plants for you to consider. Visit gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu for some more ideas of Florida Friendly plants appropriate for your landscape needs.

Planting the shrubs in well-prepared soil is important to make sure they grow as fast as possible. First, get rid of any unwanted vegetation and till the soil in a strip about 2 feet wide ...

Myrica californica is a California native that makes a great privacy hedge. (Photo by James Campbell) Pacific wax myrtle is probably the most common native plant I have observed as a hedge in my ...

The alternative to planting a monoculture is planting a diversity of plant species in your hedge. Use aesthetically pleasing layers, along with bands or alternating blocks that vary in texture and ...