Dear Tom, Parts of my privet hedge have died this summer. Should I remove the dead branches or leave well alone and hope it recovers? - Sonia Dear Sonia, I’m so sorry to hear that your privet ...

Tall privet hedges are best cut into a tapered shape, so the base of the hedge is narrower at the top than the bottom. Angela Slater, plant expert at Hayes Garden World, ...

Privet is one of those plants that can divide gardeners into two camps. Some love the evergreen leaves coloring the winter landscape, providing the base for beautiful formal topiaries and hedges.

Privet on the other hand will exist, as a wisp, in the understory of a forest just waiting for an opening. Once the opening occurs, the wisp will quickly grow into a thick bush.

Question: I planted a privet hedge about 10 years ago. It's at the end of its life. It's overgrown and brittle and the rabbits are having a field day.

For privet, a shrub-like hedge that can reach tree-size heights, Stiles recommends cutting the plants to stumps in April or May. Those stumps will re-sprout by the fall, around October, which is ...

Privet was the lone shrub and produced the only flowers on the street. And it was among the sweet smell of those scattered blooms on the sweltering afternoon of June 8, 1968, that I played hide ...

Waxleaf privet is also called Japanese privet. As this name suggests, it is native to Japan and Korea and that part of the world. It can handle our climate and soils, but it needs a little bit of ...

The privet is an invader that can take over an area, squeeze out native species and, if left unchecked, prevent forest regeneration. And across North and East Texas and the southern U.S., ...