Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Fall weather has finally arrived as daily temperatures are forecasted to peak in the mid-70s. Many backyard gardeners are harvesting tomatoes squash and ...

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 ...

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 are ...

My heart sank when a neighbor told me that her boxwoods had boxwood blight. Boxwood blight is a fungal disease that is spreading rapidly across North America. Boxwood blight causes black spots on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some boxwoods turn yellow or bronze in winter as a normal seasonal change, especially in certain types, and usually green up again ...

In our home landscape, other than dandelions, we have more boxwood plants than any other plant. There is a boxwood hedge bordering the rudbeckias in the south garden and there are boxwoods planted at ...

Boxwoods provide borders and background for splashes of perennial color in the walled garden at Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate, in Lexington. Photo by Susan Smith-Durisek To discover evergreen hedges, ...

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 ...

With fall barrelling towards us at record wind speeds and winter not far behind, now is the time to decide how you will protect your tender plants. Boxwood is a good example. My experience with ...

It’s not always a bad sign! Here’s how to know when your boxwoods need extra care.