Adding plants for privacy from neighbors is a great alternative to installing a fence, and extra plants add beauty to your backyard landscape. To check privacy off your gardening to-do list, we asked ...

What do you do if your neighbor crosses the property line? Whether or not you like your neighbors, privacy plants can take your yard to the next level. In fact, certain trees and shrubs are very much ...

Add ambience, color and fragrance to your backyard with these pool privacy plants and relax in your very own oasis. A ...

Yew is a perfect shrub choice for privacy. Its needled foliage is evergreen, so you don't have to worry about losing privacy when winter comes. A row of yew shrubs can easily be clipped into a neat ...

When looking for plants to grow as living privacy screens, you might have quick-growth options fairly high on your list of must-haves. But when it comes to shrubs, trees, and ornamental grasses, you ...

Keeping your garden private isn’t just about blocking out the view of prying neighbours – it is about creating a peaceful, beautiful retreat. In recent years, more and more of us are turning to nature ...

Jim Putnam is the plant expert from the Southern Living Plant Collection. Mary Phillips is the head of native plant habitat strategy/certifications at the National Wildlife Federation. Janet Sluis is ...

Q: I am adding Texas rangers and yellow bells to a bed that has poor drainage beneath it. I want to create some privacy in my yard from my neighbor. The soil I want to buy will end up being 12 inches ...

Garden centers typically display plants by their types – trees, shrubs, perennials, vegetables, and so on. Gardeners, on the other hand, aren’t always looking for particular plants or plant types.

The other day, a resident from St. John wrote me to find out what types of trees or plants can be used for privacy. Hurricanes Irma and Maria have exposed many island homes’ privacy by removing trees.