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 ...

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 ...

New to my garden this past summer is a wonderful evergreen shrub, Gaultheria procumbens “Very Berry” Wintergreen. The genus, Gaultheria was first named in 1783 to honor a Canadian physician and ...

Shiny broad leaf evergreens such as boxwood, camellia, rhododendron, laurel, nandina, holly, mahonia and aucuba all look great in the winter garden. Here mahonia is shown. (Photo | Lorraine Kiefer) ...

Have you ever wished you could get your front entrance to look like a high-end estate with top-of-the-line hedges, without spending a fortune on topiaries? Then you're in luck, because there is one ...

Boxwood has been a popular evergreen plant for hedging or topiary for centuries. However, more people are seeking boxwood ...

Wintergreen, anyone? I don't mean chewing gum, flavoring or tooth powder. I mean do you know where the shrub grows? Encyclopedias say that it grows in almost all of the Northern Hemisphere. How have I ...

Master the art of shaping your evergreen shrub. Boxwood is an incredibly versatile and low-maintenance evergreen shrub that can transform your yard into a year-round focal point. Its rich greenery ...

Shubshrubs are plants whose stems are not as hardy as their roots and they may die back to near the ground over winter. Don’t be in a hurry to remove such shrubs. Give them a chance to start new ...