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 ...

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 ...

Question: We just moved into a new home with a pool in the backyard. We are trying to figure out what to plant along the back fence to allow for a bit of privacy; we have no direct backyard neighbors ...

But sometimes the best fence isn’t a fence at all. It’s a wall of trees and shrubs. Screen trees and large hedge plants can often grow much higher than a typical fence, helping to block unwanted views ...

April 20, 2022 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google With the arrival of spring promising warmer, sunnier afternoons ahead, spending more time in your yard sounds ...

With the average size of home lots shrinking, establishing privacy plantings is more important than ever. When it comes to planting up privacy around decks, you have options. Depending on the space ...

Q: We would like to get privacy from two-story condominiums on our west property line. Unfortunately, there is only an 18-inch band of soil between the fence and our driveway. Do you have any ...

I’m always drawn to the idea of creating sanctuaries in gardens. Secluded retreats, where you can escape for five minutes with a book and a coffee. Privacy matters ...

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 ...

In many of our subdivisions across the country and Arizona, our houses are often near our neighbors. While neighbors are great, our homes are a retreat from the pressures of our daily lives. As such, ...