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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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Spiraea spp.

Spirea

Spirea is a deciduous flowering shrub grown for spring or summer color, fine leaves, and easy border massing.

Viburnum spp.

Viburnum

Viburnum is not one shrub habit. The right species decides whether you get fragrance, berries, fall color, a screen, or a…

Weigela florida

Weigela

Weigela flowers in late spring on wood grown the year before, so the safe time for shaping cuts is right after the main bloom.

Taxus baccata

Yew

Yew is a long-lived evergreen structure shrub for shade, hedges, and formal planting, but it belongs only where toxic plant parts…