The most common approach to screening with plants is lining up tall evergreens along the border – usually arborvitae, upright yews, or Leyland cypress. While that might get the job done with ...

Q: I'm looking for dwarf or slow-growing evergreens to plant in four individual ... One of the most durable choices is an upright yew, such as the Hicks yew or the columnar 'Flushing' or 'Beanpole.' ...

There are two basic groupings of evergreen plants — whorled branching (pines, firs, spruces and Douglas fir) and random branching (yews ... ground covers to tall upright tree forms.

Yew trees and shrubs (Taxus ... This slow-growing narrow upright yew is a sun lover. It can eventually reach 8 feet, but can be easily pruned to keep it in proportion to the size of a pot or ...

Gardeners will provide different advice on how late to plant evergreens, but generally, installing them after mid- to late October is risky. I planted several 6-foot-tall upright yews in the ...

When landscaping with evergreens, yew is a versatile and reliable plant to opt for. Yew, or Taxus, grows best from US hardiness zone 4 to zone 8 and will thrive in both sun and shade. Yew responds ...

About 10 years ago, I planted several upright yews to provide privacy in my garden ... Any established shade trees in the area will be stressed by grade changes that affect their root systems.

If you haven't already, be sure to tie up junipers and upright yews so they don't fall apart ... But be careful about throwing extra snow onto shrubs, as it can snap stems and crush the plant.

Evergreens, such as boxwood, arborvitae, false cypress, yews and junipers ... wrap or tie together smaller, upright trees and shrubs. This involves circling the plant with a soft cord, old ...

I'm sure that the lady was thinking of those traditional landscapes that included spreading and upright yews, upright junipers ... these broadleaf evergreens keep their leaves.