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 ...

Winter is often viewed as the season in which everything either dies or goes dormant from the cold, and this has a major benefit: Plants return their carbon to the soil when they die, giving the ...

Boxwood has a long history in garden design, from ancient Rome to modern-day suburbia. A tidy boxwood hedge is a staple in traditional formal gardens, but landscape designers are also using the ...

Boxwood shrubs have been popular for centuries across the world and are considered one of the oldest known garden plants. Native to Europe and Asia, this handsome evergreen shrub has been grown in the ...

PINEY RIVER, Va. -- PINEY RIVER, Va. A decade or more ago, the boxwood as a favored garden plant seemed dead in the water. At a time when gardeners were embracing a new style of gardening, with its ...

Learn about blight resistant boxwood cultivars being developed in Virginia Peggy Singlemann visits Saunders Brothers in Piney River to meet with Bennett Saunders and learn how their 100 year old ...

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 ...

A variety of trees and grasses grow during the winter, each covered in snow. - Maryviolet/Getty Images Winter is often viewed as the season in which everything either dies or goes dormant from the ...