Garden hedges, whether tall or short, shaped or natural, can serve multiple purposes. They act as a privacy screen for your property, but they can also create habitats within your garden for wildlife, ...

A flowering hedge is more than just a privacy screen: Cleverly combined, it blooms from early spring to late summer. But for this to succeed, the right pruning is crucial. A classic hedge is trimmed ...

When we moved here 60 years ago, the property had three long hedges. Today, only one remains. I quickly discovered there wasn't enough spare time to prune all the hedges. One of the hedges was full of ...

Walls can mark a boundary, but hedges bring a boundary to life. Think about it — a neat line of plants running along the edge of a bungalow garden doesn’t just separate “inside” from “outside,” it ...

Hedges should be looking lush and healthy after the recent sunny weather, but gardeners need to keep a close eye on them in June to ensure they stay green. Plants release water through their leaves to ...

If you are considering planting a hedge, now is a great time to get it done. This allows the shrubs to take advantage of the less stressful conditions during the cool season to get established in the ...

Good fences may make good neighbors, but let’s face it­, fences are not very charming. There’s a better, more attractive solution out there—hedge plants. Hedges are shrubs planted close together to ...

Like good fences, good hedges make good neighbors. And, hedges can bring many other benefits to your landscape. A hedge is essentially a living wall of shrubs, woody plants that have several stems and ...

Beautiful hedges start with choosing the right plants, placing them in the right location, and giving them consistent care through the seasons. With smart planning and regular maintenance, garden ...

A hungry herd of deer ran riot recently in my neighborhood, browsing happily on newly emerging peas, nibbling hydrangeas to the ground, and dis-budding the roses. Given the rate of local development, ...

Now that the bloom-gasm of spring has mostly passed, we have begun to settle into the first signs of summer in Kentucky gardens. We’re caught in that phase that lives between the early bang of ...