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 ...

Skilled sheep shearers can get the wool off a ewe in two shakes of a lamb's tail. Arcadio Rios has his own lightning-quick technique, except his objective is a 15-foot boxwood hedge. Snip, snip, snip ...

Some people are surprised to learn that there are many forms of boxwood. Stroll through the historic pleasure gardens of Colonial Williamsburg and you encounter two familiar types: the English boxwood ...

Boxwoods are one of the most popular landscape plants in North Carolina. Well-maintained boxwoods can provide a landscape with a formal, elegant look. However, boxwoods are not immune to insect and ...

Q: I am getting ready to move back to my home place in Allisonia. It’s in the mountains of Carroll County near Pulaski. The log home was built in 1820, and a little over 60 years ago boxwoods were ...