Leave the guesswork out of your patio with this advice on the plants experts will always pick for increasing privacy ...

Viburnum is one of my favorite shrubs for creating a natural ... Thuja, also known as western red cedar or eastern white cedar, is a popular evergreen for creating dense, hardy hedges. Native to North ...

Glory of the snow ( Chionodoxa luciliae) is another plant that can survive winter outside. A bulb perennial, it can often ...

They are especially fond of evergreen azaleas, runner beans, beetroot, bluebell foliage, ceanothus, hardy geraniums, grape hyacinth, ivy, modern hybrid roses, pansies, Sedum spectabile, strawberry, ...

Once your patio is cleaned up for fall and winter, it would be nice to add a few winter planters that feature conifers, ...

A slow-growing evergreen shrub, to around 2m high in cultivation, with oval, glossy dark green leaves, sometimes with shallowly toothed or wavy edges, and with numerous tiny dark dots on the ...

A compact, semi-evergreen shrub to 1m high, with broadly ovate, slightly serrated, very glossy green leaves, that are flushed red when young and retain a red tint to the margins over summer, before ...

Viburnums can handle a wide range of soils and conditions ... For year-round interest, Abelia x grandiflora is an evergreen variety with pretty pink flowers. 'Abelia works in a wide range of soil ...