Although the idea of introducing plants to your yard to create privacy sounds wonderful, there are several invasive species you should avoid.

Using a variety of plants prevents problems with an insect or disease killing the whole hedge or one plant dying in the middle of a mature planting resulting in an unsightly gap. Evaluate the ...

A • Golden privet (Ligustrum X vicaryi) is not as vigorous as the green leaf forms of hardy privet, being more vulnerable to injury during severe winter cold, as well as late spring frosts. This ...

Is golden vicary privet an evergreen? I want a hedge that will hold its leaves all winter. If it's not, what do you suggest for a fast-growing hedge that stays green and won't grow more than 6–7 ...

Q: All eight of our golden privet have done fantastic for the last three or four years. This year, only one is totally full and most are either very light in leaves or fully only at the bottom of ...

Golden privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium) as well as other types of privet is grown primarily for the dense screening they provide when grown as a hedge or in clusters of three or more.

Privet hedges have long been derided as a symbol of suburban conformity. But the hedges are undergoing a nostalgic revival according to plant suppliers as they are 'bulletproof' and able to deal ...

Privet hedges do suffer Sam for wind scorch damage and this does cause the leaves to drop off and the Golden Privet is quite susceptible to this but, as soon as the temperature increases and warm ...