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Shrubs for layered yards

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Dense arborvitae hedge with flat evergreen sprays forming a privacy screen

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Best Privacy Trees for a Living Screen

The best privacy tree is one that reaches the required height and density without outgrowing the available soil, light…

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Knock Out vs Drift Rose: Shrub or Groundcover?

The original Knock Out suits a shrub-sized space, while Drift roses spread across the front of a bed.

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Camellia japonica

Camellia

Camellia is a cool-season flowering evergreen for sheltered acidic sites, not a dry-shade filler.

Lagerstroemia indica

Crepe Myrtle

Crepe myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica, often spelled crape myrtle) is a summer-flowering shrub or small tree that ranges from 3 feet…

Euonymus japonicus

Euonymus

Japanese euonymus (Euonymus japonicus) is an evergreen hedge shrub that tolerates salt, drought, and heavy pruning, but NC State…

Forsythia × intermedia

Forsythia

Forsythia is worth growing for one reason first, bright yellow flowers before the rest of the yard wakes up.

Gardenia jasminoides

Gardenia

Gardenia earns its space with fragrance, but it is not a forgiving background shrub.

Ilex spp.

Holly

Most hollies carry berries only on female plants, and only when a male of a compatible type blooms nearby at the same time.