Growing a natural privacy screen doesn't need to be difficult or take forever if you choose the right tree. The best choice for your yard might be the wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera), a broadleaf ...

Prefer to plant native trees and shrubs? Don't look past this dense tree when making a privacy fence. Its berries and flowers are beloved by pollinators, too.

No matter the size of your backyard, privacy is important and there are different ways to create it. Privacy shrubs offer several benefits over hardscape solutions ...

When deciding on the best privacy plants for your landscape, you'll want to consider three characteristics of the type of hedge you're eyeing. Our experts walk you through the decision-making process.

Q. I want to plant a hedge along a shady east fence for privacy/noise blocking purposes. Ideally, it would provide food and shelter for birds and would tolerate pruning. -- A.B., Houston A. Elaeagnus ...

Even the most architecturally interesting, modern front yard fences can appear to be unnatural additions, divorced from the surrounding greenery and natural landscape. Adding a row of plants reunites ...

Poet Robert Frost believed that "good fences make good neighbors." As an alternative, however, you can establish an environmentally friendly line of demarcation by using native species to create a ...

Q. We would like to plant trees near our pool for shade and privacy. Since leaves are a problem, palms and wax myrtles were recommended. We could plant palms relatively close to the pool and ring the ...

It’s hard to avoid wax myrtle, a multi-stemmed, shrubby, evergreen tree that’s native from New Jersey south to Florida and Texas. Called wax myrtle because female specimens bear multitudes of tiny, ...

We can welcome winter migrating birds to our yards by planting American (native) trees and shrubs to create habitat. Birds need insects, berries and seeds, as well as cover, that native plants offer.