A hedge is a natural way of marking a boundary. It has been used for thousands of years to split land into fields for growing crops. In a residential setting, closely planted shrubs and bushes are most commonly used to form a boundary to your yard that can provide privacy and change with the seasons, especially if they are flowering hedges.
If you choose to go with a living, growing divide rather than an inanimate fence panel, you need to be ready for the upkeep. Unkempt hedges can be a blight on good neighborly relations. What to you might be a lush and vibrant barrier to noise, inquisitive eyes or intruders, could be a messy sunblocker to the people living next door.
But what is the etiquette of proper hedge maintenance? We spoke to the experts to find out.
