We have fifteen 35-year-old English boxwoods. Recently, stems or complete branches in the middle of the shrub have died back. We noted a number of spider webs with a distinctive entrance in the web.

Q: I have more than 50 English boxwood surrounded by pine trees, and the boxwood have done terrible this year. I was told that the pine needles give off an acid that affects English boxwood, causing ...

Boxwoods are hardy down to zones 4 or 5, so they're not exactly the most cold-sensitive plants — nonetheless, winter injury ...

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 ...

Q: My father and I have raised and sold boxwoods for 50 years. Our trees have never experienced English Boxwood Decline. Some of our customers would come back to purchase replacement boxwoods because ...

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 ...

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 ...

With the Christmas weekend over, you may be getting ready to toss out all the holiday greenery to make a clean start for the new year. But not all of those plants should be put in a pile by the road.

Q: I have 40+ boxwoods – well established over 25 years. Sometimes winter wind and sun “burn†hit areas of the plants, but they usually spring back with new growth. However, last growing season ...

English boxwoods can be renewal-pruned by cutting them back during their dormant period in late winter, before growth begins. If you cut the entire plant back hard to mostly bare stems, it can take ...

The woods known as "boxwood" contain many different species, from several families. These woods are generally characterized as being hard, heavy and tough, with a fine, smooth texture. They are ...