Most types of boxwood shrubs are cultivars of either Buxus sempervirens, also known as common or American boxwood, or Buxus microphylla, better known as Japanese boxwood. Other boxwood varieties are ...

Chip and Janice Wilmot stand in their edible landscape, with a serviceberry tree in the background. Chip holds produce he picked from the garden. When Chip and Janice Wilmot moved into their Lilburn ...

Looking for a shrub with endless design potential? Boxwoods offer various options and add timeless beauty to any front yard.

Evergreens, both trees and shrubs, enliven the winter landscape, providing form, texture and color during a time when our landscapes are sparse. Boxwoods are a common evergreen shrub used in many ...

Boxwood, a popular evergreen shrub we’ve been planting for many years, is suddenly in the crosshairs. This reliable landscape mainstay is under attack from winter burn, a well-known insect, a ...

Boxwood is a staple evergreen in many landscapes. Its pleasing form, dark green foliage, and versatility make it a popular choice. Unfortunately, like many plants, it is not trouble free. The ...

A low-maintenance front yard is a dream for homeowners and certainly something to aspire to. Apart from following a few genius tips for landscaping your front yard, you can make it even more special ...

Boxwood blight, a fungal disease affecting plants in the boxwood family, can be spread by discarded holiday greenery. “Having a wreath hanging on your door is not necessarily a problem because those ...

Boxwoods form the evergreen backbone of historic and traditional garden designs in the United States and abroad. These favored shrubs tolerate the severe pruning that is necessary to create crisp ...

When a deadly new blight disease showed up in Connecticut and North Carolina in 2011, gardeners feared it might spell the end of our landscape-favorite boxwood. Although the disease has since spread ...

Ah, boxwoods, that quintessential border plant enclosing many an historic garden, often in hedge fashion and sheared to infinity. If a gardener doesn’t have anything else to do, he or she can always ...