A beautiful hedge offers many benefits to a home garden. A wall of green can be a barrier between your space and the outside world, can define a space in your landscape, will dampen road noise ...

Ocala anise and Florida anise are both natives that make great hedge plants. Florida anise is a rapidly growing evergreen shrub with olive green leaves and can attain a mature height of 12 to 15 feet.

Q. I would like to plant a hedge of native shrubs along a north-facing, 8-foot-tall fence. These plants would be in shade in winter and dappled shade in summer. Would wax myrtle work? A. Southern ...