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?

Avoid trimming hedges in late summer or early fall, as this can harm new growth before winter. Freshly cut hedges are more vulnerable to cold temperatures, which can lead to dieback and other issues.

If you want to create privacy in your outdoor space, hedges with dense foliage offer excellent natural barriers and backdrops. They add visual appeal to your landscape while blocking out neighbors or ...

Gardeners are being warned to avoid trimming their hedges in July or face paying a hefty fine. In the summers, it’s fairly typical to watch your hedges and shrubs balloon in size. But if you were ...

A good hedge trimmer can be a blessing, saving you time and preventing aching arms. Buy a bad one, though, and you'll be left with backbreaking work and poorly trimmed, uneven hedges. We test each ...

A botanist says there is a list of plants that could help ottcet your home this winter, dfrom reducing flood risks to preventing weather damage and even helping you to stay warm. James Wong said there ...

In the Hamptons, where $15 million homes define exclusivity, money can only exclude so much. Then you need privet. The fine-textured, malleable hedge keeps the world at bay. It is the ubiquitous green ...

‘Hawthorn or holly are great, compact and hardy shrubs which can act as a natural wind break, soaking up the blast and protecting more fragile plants behind them,’ says Samuel Davis, horticulturist ...