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 ...

In an ideal world, our gardens would be private sanctuaries where we can potter, entertain, and relax away from prying eyes. Yet, for many gardeners, the reality is quite different – spending time ...

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 ...

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, ...

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

As the pandemic continues to weave its way through our lives, our homes remain the centre of our universe. And as we move into spring, our outdoor living spaces will, once again, be the preferred ...

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 ...

DEAR NEIL: I planted two small Japanese yews a year ago to act as privacy screening plants. They have grown well, but I can already tell it will take too long for them to give the privacy I need. Can ...

They say good fences make good neighbors. There are certainly times when a screen along the property line can provide some privacy or perhaps hide an unsightly view. While privacy fencing certainly ...

Plants are a great way to create privacy and screening and can even draw the eye towards a specific feature in the garden. They can also be used to cover up something potentially unsightly like broken ...

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 ...