How to have healthier hedges—and happier neighbors.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Hedges create an attractive natural boundary between properties, walkways, and drives—but only if you ...

If your hedges are too tall to trim with a standard hedge trimmer, then you should be using a pole hedge trimmer instead of a ladder. It’s safer, and pole hedge trimmers have a range of features that ...

My tall arborvitae hedge has several large branches sticking out. Can I cut those off or should I tuck them back into the hedge? It is also losing needles on the lowest branches. What should I do?

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Hedge shears—also referred to as manual hedge trimmers—are a critical part of every ...

Two millennia ago, the Roman writer Columella described the vintoria falx, a six-part, specialized pruning tool for grapes. What a stir that tool must have caused among Roman grape growers when it was ...