Creating a backyard you can relax in, free from prying eyes of neighbors or passersby, comes down to choosing the right features. Sure, you could build a great big wooden fence and be done with it — ...

Boxwood is an excellent evergreen shrub for many situations, but sometimes you need a different option. There are several good boxwood alternatives for when you want an evergreen plant but don’t ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Boxwood has been a fan favourite of landscape and garden enthusiasts for decades. It is hearty, stays green all year, can be ...

If you want to make the most of your boxwood-based privacy fence, you need to follow a few planting rules to achieve success ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CINCINNATI — An invasive pest has arrived in Cincinnati and is starting to kill boxwood shrubs around the Tri-State, threatening one of the most popular landscaping plants in the region. The box tree ...