Privet hedges (ligustrum shrubs) are traditional favorites, being amenable to pruning. But ligustrum shrubs are invasive plants in North America, meaning privet hedges may soon belong to a bygone era.

This step-by-step tutorial walks you through the steps in planting hedges. Through pictures I show you how to plant boxwood hedges.

You've just bought some boxwood or other shrubs, and you're wondering how to trim hedges? Trimming hedges is easy, if you start when they're young, and I show you how, step by step, in this tutorial with pictures.

How do you get a straight edge on small hedges? Establish guidelines (with strings and stakes) and shear off all the branches that fall outside those guidelines; it should be easy to get small hedges to come out straight.

Vinyl and wooden fences, plus pruning trees, shrubs, topiaries and privacy hedges to make

Boxwood Hedges for Landscaping Structure

How do you get the string to fit properly between the stakes when pruning hedges? Prune off branches sticking way out, as you go, to make room for your string.

Initial considerations when choosing shrubs to form hedges or privacy screens. Privacy screens of shrubs need not be hedges, per se.

Like fences, hedges ('living walls') on a border will help define a property. The only difference is that hedges function as 'living walls,' being composed of live material.

Suggestions for windbreak trees, especially decorative examples, and tips on how to prune hedges. Preparation is the key, if you wish to prune hedges with precision, while windbreak trees are often allowed to grow naturally.