Keep It Classic With A Formal Boxwood Hedge Or Fence The traditional way of using boxwoods for privacy is by planting them in ...

Sandy has planted 12 varieties of boxwood -- 420 of them, and not just as hedges. Some are left to grow naturally. Others, like tall, thin 'Graham Blandy,' are not meant to be sheared.

Boxwood. Boxwood is the quintessential tidy border hedge, brought from the Old World to the New World in the 1600s and tweaked by new cultivar adaptations to meet growing expectations here.

Filippone is trained as an architect, and when she initially designed her 26-acre New Jersey property in 1994 she turned to boxwood to form wall-like hedges and create garden “rooms.” ...

Boxwoods have been in recorded history since 4000 B.C. when the Egyptians first used them in formal gardens. They came to North America from Europe and Asia in the mid-1600s. The American Boxwood ...

Flowers may lose their luster at summer's end, but shrubs, which require little attention, deliver multi-season interest.

Boxwood hedges do not like to get their "feet" wet. Try planting yaupon holly, a native dwarf, as an alternative in areas with poor drainage. (Photo by Adrian Higgins for Washington Post) QUESTION ...

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 ...

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 ...

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?