Buy a bad one, though, and you'll be left with backbreaking work and poorly trimmed, uneven hedges. We test each hedge trimmer on conifers, deciduous, laurel and privet hedges, seeing how long it ...

but there are other potential causes to consider too - Alamy Privet hedges are usually incredibly reliable and tolerant of many conditions - Alamy Trees and shrubs can suffer from root damage ...

His goal was to combine service-learning with his own areas of research, comparative genome biology and the Chinese privet. It just so happens the Sanford hedge species is a member of the olive ...

While there are a lot of fun ways to emulate their style and decorate your home like you're in the Hamptons, one iconic Hamptons look is likely best avoided –the California privet (Ligustrum ...

Who can forget the sweet smell of flowers on an untrimmed privet hedge? I have never seen any discussion on the provision of the thousands of privet plants that were needed to provide hedges across ...

An autism researcher on Kennedy’s initiative to identify a cause, the focus on environmental factors, and the dangers of misinformation. The New Yorker Radio Hour John Seabrook on the ...

Privet plants (Ligustrum spp.) are flowering semi-evergreen shrubs commonly grown as hedges, which can also be grown as small, bushy trees depending on the specific variety. It handles most soils ...

Behind the Privet Hedge is a loose biography of Sudell, whose career traces upheavals in social and horticultural history. Some chapters deal mostly with the machinations of social and housing ...

Privet hedges have long been derided as a symbol of suburban conformity. But the hedges are undergoing a nostalgic revival according to plant suppliers as they are 'bulletproof' and able to deal ...

A neatly trimmed border hedge in Craigleith, Edinburgh. Kieran Dodds Welcome to Hedgeland. The streets of suburban Britain are edged with merry green. Boxy bushes of privet, beech, holly ...