In L.A., where space can be tight, wealthy homeowners use walls of greenery as privacy fences and noise control LOS ANGELESLOS ANGELES — The homes of Hollywood’s rich and famous have long been ...

Everybody seems to hate ficus hedges, and yet most of us have them. They make a fast-growing privacy screen – after all, they are frustrated ficus benjamina trees. And they keep growing if you don’t ...

LOS ANGELES – The homes of Hollywood’s rich and famous have long been enclosed by walls of sky-high ficus, designed to shield their wealthy occupants from paparazzi and peeping Toms. Robert Frost may ...

There was time when one of the hallmarks of Palm Beach was thick hedges of ficus benjamina towering above the sidewalks to provide privacy for the homes beyond them. But times are changing. This past ...

The Rancho Palos Verdes City Council has smacked down Trump National Golf Club’s second bid in four years to erect a “privacy hedge” of ficus trees between its driving range and neighboring coastal ...

Ficus whitefly, the pest that’s destroying our ubiquitous hedges, is moving faster through South Florida than anticipated. Munching its way through Broward County, it is on a northward march. I have ...

The town may extend a helping hand to property owners who replace their ficus benjamina hedges with native plantings. A Town Council committee Friday recommended the council approve a plan for Public ...