Boxwood has been a popular evergreen plant for hedging or topiary for centuries. However, more people are seeking boxwood alternatives due to concerns about box blight and box tree moth. Increasingly, ...

Got Boxwood Questions? Don’t miss the Dig Into Gardening! How many of you are still holding on to scraggly-looking boxwoods wondering if they will ever begin to green up again? Or are you trying to ...

We are an odd and interesting species. Sometimes we have all the data we need to allow the left half of our brain to make a reasoned, fact-supported decision. But then the right half of the brain ...

Q: What is boxwood blight, and should I be worried? A: Boxwood Blight (Cylindrocladium pseudonaviculatum) is a disease that has been in the Alabama landscape since 2013. Usually this disease comes ...

Many of you noticed that your boxwoods had browning of the branches and dieback in the spring. I have written a couple of columns about this and the potential problems. Many people are just now ...

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 ...

Nothing brings a sense of formality to a garden like boxwood. But thanks to common gardening practices, it’s vulnerable to disease. By Margaret Roach It’s time for boxwood-loving gardeners to learn ...