Q: I would like a tidy, low evergreen hedge to put alongside my front walkway. I am considering the boxwood as I like the thick, green look very much. Can boxwood be kept to less than 1 foot tall? I ...

Picture this: Your once-vibrant boxwood hedge suddenly starts to wilt. The leaves develop brown spots, and then their lush, green foliage turns a sickly brown. That, my friends, is the handiwork of ...

Nothing brings a sense of formality to a garden like boxwood. But thanks to common gardening practices, it’s vulnerable to disease. By Margaret Roach It’s time for boxwood-loving gardeners to learn ...

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 Williamsburg ...

Boxwoods have been in recorded history since 4000 B.C. when the Egyptians first used them in formal gardens. They came to North America from Europe and Asia in the mid-1600s. The American Boxwood ...

BOXWOOD BLIGHT Next, there is boxwood blight, a relatively new disease to the U.S., first observed in Connecticut in 2011, and more recently in Massachusetts. The symptoms include brown spots with ...

Q: I don’t think I’m imagining it, but there is a subtle rustling sounds coming from my boxwood shrubs. Do I have rodents in there, or are birds foraging under the branches that I’m not seeing? This ...

Privacy fences can help keep prying eyes out of your backyard, but they can look drab and dull -- especially several years after installation. If you're tired of ...

Boxwood has been a popular evergreen plant for hedging or topiary for centuries. However, more people are seeking boxwood alternatives due to concerns about box blight and box tree moth. Increasingly, ...

My old boxwood hedge has oranges patches like this in some places. One plant is completely orange. Is this the new disease, boxwood blight? Do I prune it out now? This looks like cold damage. Let the ...

A.G. "Kim" Kimberley of Boxwood Garden is hesitant to call himself an expert on boxwood, but he concedes, ``Nobody probably thinks about it as much as we do.'' Here are his tips on growing boxwood: • ...