According to a survey of 4,000 landscape professionals, boxwood (Buxus) is the most popular shrub in America. And yet, about a decade ago it was nearly impossible to find boxwoods at home-improvement ...

We are an odd and interesting species. Sometimes we have all the data we need to allow the left half of our brain to make a reasoned, fact-supported decision. But then the right half of the brain ...

Boxwood shrubs, Buxus sempervirens, have long held a top spot for home landscapes due to their beautiful shape and vibrant, deep evergreen leaves. They're easy to care for as long as you provide the ...

Some boxwoods turn yellow or bronze in winter as a normal seasonal change, especially in certain types, and usually green up again in spring. Yellowing can also signal stress from sun, frost, wind, or ...

What: If you are looking for something flashy in a hedge or just to lighten up a shady place, look no further than Buxus sempervirens ‘Aureovariegata,’ commonly called variegated boxwood. It has ...

Winter doesn’t have to mean a dull, lifeless yard—even though so many landscapes slip into a sleepy gray slump the moment ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A plant protection clinic says the big concern this winter is boxwood blight. The University of Rhode Island’s clinic says now is a good time to check plants because infections ...

Boxwood blight can be devastating to American boxwood cultivars, which are common in the Kentucky landscape. Complete defoliation can occur within a week and plants can die within a single growing ...

Nature seems to be conspiring against that widely used landscape evergreen, the boxwood. Long plagued by several bugs and most recently by a deadly new boxwood blight disease, U.S. boxwoods now face ...