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 ...

The beloved boxwood, a mainstay of formal gardens, is under attack. The ornamental evergreen is fighting a mighty marauder known as Cylindrocladium buxicola, or boxwood blight. In commercial growing ...

Picture this: Your once-vibrant boxwood hedge suddenly starts to wilt. The leaves develop brown spots, and then their lush, green foliage turns a sickly brown. That, my friends, is the handiwork of ...

Another year, another deadly plant threat. In what's becoming an annual custom, yet one more landscape favorite is facing demise from a new problem. This time it's the popular broadleaf evergreen ...

PONTIAC (AP) — Officials say a fungal disease that attacks boxwood shrubs has been confirmed in suburban Detroit. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development announced Tuesday that ...

Boxwood bushes are a fixture of historic homes and backyard gardens around the Commonwealth. But a new disease has plants under threat, and gardeners looking for ways to fight back. "When we first ...

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 ...

Boxwoods form the evergreen backbone of historic and traditional garden designs in the United States and abroad. These favored shrubs tolerate the severe pruning that is necessary to create crisp ...

A new disease that attacks boxwood shrubs has been showing up in south Louisiana the past few years. Beginning in fall 2011, plant pathologist Raj Singh, the LSU AgCenter’s “plant doctor,” began ...

Garlands and wreaths are central to the festive allure of Colonial Williamsburg in December. This year, the work of assembling them comes with an added burden: the risk of infecting the historic ...