The problems with privet don't mean you have to give up your privacy though. Many other shrubs and plants can block views of your home and yard without the invasive issues privet brings.

California privet has oval, pointed leaves up to about 2 inches long. It has clusters of sweet-smelling white flowers in late spring, though these are often pruned to make the shrub into a formal ...

If you are fanatic about having a neatly trimmed hedge, one that can grow as tall as 20 feet, you will want to take a careful look at California privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium).

Some are garden thugs, others are maintenance hogs or one-hit wonders. Don't bother planting these shrubs. The post 11 Spreading Shrubs You Don’t Want to Plant appeared first on Family Handyman.

Texas privet will also need regular pruning to stay at five feet although it does not grow as rampantly as glossy privet. California privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium) is actually native to Japan.

I have a 54-year-old privet hedge that until recently has been growing very nicely on all sides. However, in the last two years, I have noticed that the sides are not growing new stems and are gett… ...

Left unchecked, fern pine forms a full-scale tree, growing from 20 to 60 feet tall and 10 to 20 feet wide. Keep the plants at more garden-friendly sizes with semiannual pruning.

The plants and mulch within five feet of a home pose a major risk for spreading wildfire. California now has the tricky task of convincing homeowners to get rid of the greenery.

Some plants need more attention than others. Many shrubs, for example, don't need much care at all, and in fact thrive when ignored. Of course, this period of neglect only starts after the shrub ...

The city of Arlington has 400 new employees with four stomachs, cloven hooves and a penchant for mischief. The city announced last week it will use goats to chow down on privet shrubs that were ...