Steve Nix is a natural resources consultant and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. He is a member of the Society of American Foresters. A rapidly-growing evergreen when young, ...
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Plant these fast-growing privacy trees in your new-build garden for the seclusion you crave
Moving into a new-build home is exciting. The clean lines, the fresh start, the potential. Then you step into the garden and ...
That wildly popular hedging conifer, the Leyland cypress, is often the first choice of people seeking to create near-instant privacy in one go. But like most things that are easy and relatively cheap, ...
((From left to right) Martin Hughes-Jones / Alamy Stock Photo – Gavin Zeigler / Alamy Stock Photo – RossHelen editorial / Alamy Stock Photo) Planted at the front of your plot, a hedge can create a ...
Robert Frost said, "Good fences make good neighbors." Recently, while visiting with a friend, I was asked my advice about what she should use as a hedge between her house and the home of her neighbor.
Q: I would like your recommendations for evergreen shrubs or small trees that are 10 to 20 feet tall. These will be used as a screening hedge between my home and a paved county road. I would prefer ...
My Leyland cypress hedge has Seiridium unicorne canker fungus. The photo you see is one of many Leylands in my yard. I often regret my decision to plant the species but I also wish I had reviewed this ...
Because I'm a master gardener, somebody asks me what they should plant for a privacy hedge on a regular basis. Holly and Leyland cypress are two choices that come up a lot. Both are fine plants, and ...
Robert Frost said, "Good fences make good neighbors." Recently, while visiting with a friend, I was asked my advice about what she should use as a hedge between her house and the home of her neighbor.
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