You’ve found your perfect backyard, but there’s building going on in the next plot and you don’t want to have to look at it – or have the neighbors overlooking your next backyard party. But a tall ...

Question: I would like some suggestions for plants to form a privacy screen between our backyard and our neighbor's. The site is shady, under old Texas Ash and pecan trees, and is located in North ...

Golden cestrum Golden cestrum (Cestrum aurantiacum) is a fast-growing scrambling shrub that produces yellow tubular blooms nearly year-round. It, too, may show freeze damage, but rebounds easily in ...

Instead of installing a fence, you may consider a "natural" privacy barrier in the form of these plants, which are ready to ...

For a little more privacy in your yard or on your patio, look no further than a natural fence made from fast-growing ...

If you're looking to update your garden this fall with some new planting picks, then why not go for options that are multipurpose? There are many beautiful choices that not only add color, texture, ...

If you’re looking for a tough, attractive evergreen shrub that will quickly grow big enough to provide a privacy screen in sun or shade, variegated Italian buckthorn (Rhamnus alaternus ...

I need an evergreen privacy screen. I live in southern Travis County and have a 450-foot property line that has a view to about 10 to 12 neighbors' backyards. I need something that won't be nibbled by ...

Q: I'm moving into a townhouse this month, and in the back yard, I'd like to plant tall trees or shrubs for privacy. I wanted to plant bamboo but have heard it will take over. What type of ...

I’ve been up this “privacy” thing one side and back down the other. City lots are a fraction of what they once were. Houses, frequently two stories, are shoved together and apartments are pushed in ...

You might recall that when a reader wrote about twin rows of Italian cypress — one established and healthy, the other newer and dying — the SoCal Garden Clinic asked a Pasadena nurseryman to tackle ...