Most privacy trees take years to fill in and provide screening, but this fast-growing evergreen creates dense barriers in ...

GIVE YOURSELF SOME PRIVACY: This dense, upright evergreen offers vibrant reddish new growth, black berries, and petite leaves, making it an ideal boxwood replacement. (National Garden Bureau) ...

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

The Loblolly Pine ( Pinus taeda) is considered the fastest-growing pine species, characterized by its unique appearance, with dense foliage at the top and bare trunks. This tall, straight evergreen ...

Holly might not normally seem like a large enough plant to use for privacy, but that's not the case with this cultivar. Nellie Stevens holly (Ilex 'Nellie R. Stevens') can actually reach heights of 30 ...

Distinctive oak-shaped leaves and golden variegation set this handsome holly apart from all the others. Introduced by the Southern Living Plant Collection, Golden Oakland® Holly maintains an upright, ...

George Weigel is a retired Pennsylvania certified horticulturist who has been writing garden columns and tips for The Patriot-News and PennLive.com since 1993. His email is ...

A: When choosing evergreens, you must consider mature height, proper spacing, how much you’re going to be able to water them, and ensure they’re suited for our zone (8 for most of N. Ga). Now is a ...

After being mesmerized by the slow and pretty leaf drop of autumn, we wake up around Thanksgiving day to the reality of the naked garden. The cherry tree that screened the back alley or the trash cans ...