Q: I would like a tidy, low evergreen hedge to put alongside my front walkway. I am considering the boxwood as I like the thick, green look very much. Can boxwood be kept to less than 1 foot tall? I ...

Q: I'm about to trim my dwarf boxwoods out front. Some articles I've read say to make sure that the top of the boxwood is narrower than the bottom to ensure sunlight penetrates the whole shrub. This ...

I have been gardening for many years but never planted a boxwood. I have seen them in other yards and always admired them but decided that all the pruning that was needed was more than I wanted to ...

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 ...

Few boxwoods are as interesting as the Golden Dream boxwood (Buxus microphylla ‘Peergold’). The oval foliage is delightful, with bright golden edges that surround a deep-green leaf center. This ...

Boxwoods have been cultivated from colonial times and the center of climatic adaptation for boxwoods is the Chesapeake Bay region. The two most widely cultivated boxwood varieties are the English box ...

We writers go on and on about the wonderful plants of winter: witch hazel, winter jasmine, sasanqua camellia, Christmas rose and so on. But truth be told, the very best winter plant has neither scent ...

Gothic Boxwood Miniatures are mysterious by nature. How did anyone carve intricate scenes so small they can fit in the palm of one’s hand? The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) says that’s a question that ...

The museum world is a tiny place with gigantic ideas. Four years ago, in 2012, to understand how the Thomson Collection of European Art's miniature carved boxwood prayer beads at the Art Gallery of ...