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

Flowering shrubs and evergreen bushes have a variety of uses. Flowering shrubs can be fine fall foliage specimens, while evergreen bushes make excellent privacy hedges.

Information on growing shrubs. Planting tips for growing shrubs are given, as well as information on pruning, uses and more.

Many flowering shrubs attract birds with their fruit and provide both fall foliage. Flowering shrubs are at their best when blooming, and pruning is often done shortly after blooming.

With year-round foliage, evergreen shrubs are the preferred bushes for privacy hedges. Needle-bearing evergreen shrubs are especially useful in hedges, as they can be trimmed to precise shapes.

How to protect evergreen shrubs from winter damage. Winter protection for evergreen shrubs begins with proper watering in fall.

Evergreen shrubs as privacy screens. Arborvitae, juniper and holly (selected as tall, medium and small examples) are all evergreen shrubs that can be used as privacy screens.

Shrubs: Landscaping for the Elderly?

Pictures of and information on landscape shrubs. Discover the many uses for landscape shrubs in your backyard.

This Q&A opens with a discussion on selecting garden shrubs. After that we look at caring for garden shrubs, including pruning them.