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 ...

Some boxwood cultivars reach 20 feet tall if left to their own devices — here's looking at you, common boxwood (Buxus ...

American boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) and English boxwood (Buxus sempervirens “Suffruticosa”), a more compact version with aromatic foliage, dominate the market.

Evergreen shrubs like boxwood tend to use a lot of nitrogen. The best way to replenish the available nitrogen in the soil is to feed with a slow-release, urea-based, granular fertilizer with NPK ...

Boxwoods (Buxus spp.) are one of the most common shrubs in landscapes throughout Greater Columbus. This deer-resistant, broad-leaved evergreen shrub is typically used in foundation plantings, as a ...

Throughout this season we've had multiple customers come into our store with concerns about their boxwood shrubs. Since they are evergreens, boxwood has found a place in almost every landscape in ...

Boxwood blight, a disease that causes severe and very rapid defoliation and branch dieback on some boxwoods, was first detected in Ohio four years ago. It can kill small plants in a single season.

Wes Hopper teaches how to safely handle a chainsaw, and Joellen Dimond talks about boxwood shrubs. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, Certified Arborist Wes Hopper ...

Q: I don’t think I’m imagining it, but there is a subtle rustling sounds coming from my boxwood shrubs. Do I have rodents in there, or are birds foraging under the branches that I’m not seeing?

The Ohio Department of Agriculture is issuing a quarantine for six area counties to contain the spread of the invasive box tree moth. The quarantine will restrict moving boxwood shrubs out of ...