What: Buxus sempervirens, commonly called common boxwood, is an elegant shrub that has been used in gardens for centuries. With handsome, glossy, dark evergreen leaves and a tough and resilient ...

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 ...

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 — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Better Boxwoods. Handout/ (Credit: Minter Country Garden) In the 1990s, a disease, identified as boxwood blight, began affecting ...

We see them everywhere — as low or tall hedges, topiary specimens or in stylish containers gracing the entrances to some of the world’s most elegant hotels. For centuries boxwoods have played an ...

Buxus sempervirens, the common box, European box, or boxwood, is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing up to 1 to 9 meters tall, with a trunk up to 20 centimeters, native to western and southern ...

My garden has evolved slowly over the past 20 years but about 15 years ago we made a decision, based upon the wet, grey winters, to create an elaborate and strong structure using mainly box - Buxus ...

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Journal of Plant Pathology, Vol. 90, No. 3 (November 2008), pp. 581-584 (4 pages) In spring 2008, in a nursery located in the Como province (Lombardy, northern Italy) leaf blight symptoms were ...

What: Buxus sempervirens ‘Suffruticosa,’ commonly known as edging boxwood, is indispensable for hedging and is the shrub of choice for the formal garden. It makes one of the best low, small hedges for ...