Many home gardeners choose to plant boxwoods in their yards. Caring for a boxwood shrub isn't rocket science, and these ...

Boxwoods are great shrubs for hedges, but the appearance of an entire hedge can be spoiled by the presence of yellow leaves ...

A lot is at stake: A 2020 U.S.D.A. report estimated that more than 11 million boxwood plants are sold annually, at a market value of $126 million. Image.

For centuries, boxwood has been a go-to plant for creating structure in gardens, whether it’s used in hedges, edging or clipped into geometric shapes. Popular at historic sites — think ...

The boxwood plant, dull to some folks and invaluable to others, is a broad-leaved evergreen that has year-round appeal in the suburban landscape. Boxwood is also the mainstay of many historic ...

Make sure boxwood plants are purchased from a reputable nursery. If possible, avoid purchasing wreaths and other holiday decor made with boxwood since these can also harbor the blight pathogen.

Boxwood is typically hailed as a hardy, dependable plant. Used extensively to create borders around gardens and lawns, their clipped edges or soft billowy mounds are versatile, thriving in partial ...

Like all plants, boxwoods are very sensitive to excess amounts of water. The roots can be damaged when exposed to too much water, and the tree cannot absorb nutrients from the soil.

Boxwood blight, a highly contagious fungal infection, has struck a number of locations in Colonial Williamsburg Historic Area, causing the removal of plants, some of which were more than 100 years … ...

Let's catch up on some gardening news this week, including another new threat to boxwoods, a state crackdown on invasive plants, and details on the 2022 Philadelphia Flower Show.