Nature seems to be conspiring against that widely used landscape evergreen, the boxwood. Long plagued by several bugs and most recently by a deadly new boxwood blight disease, U.S. boxwoods now face ...

The box tree moth is a non-native, invasive insect that has the potential to cause major damage to one of the most popular plants used in our landscape. This would be the different species of boxwood.

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 of ...

A fast-spreading invasive species has arrived in Metro Detroit. The Box Tree Moth Caterpillar is causing damage to boxwood plants across the region, according to English Gardens. The family-owned ...

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 learn ...

Michigan gardeners face a growing threat to their boxwood shrubs as box tree moths, an Asian invasive species, continue to spread across the state. “They will totally decimate a whole boxwood in a few ...

If you've ever walked past a shrub in your yard and caught a whiff of something that smells suspiciously like cat urine, you're not alone. Chances are it is not the stray cat, but your boxwood (Buxus ...

When a deadly new blight disease showed up in Connecticut and North Carolina in 2011, gardeners feared it might spell the end of our landscape-favorite boxwood. Although the disease has since spread ...

When cherry laurel, boxwood, or rhododendron suddenly have brown leaves in winter, it often seems like frost damage. However, the real cause is often frost drought—a phenomenon that particularly ...

Q I have two 30-year-old boxwoods, one on either side of my front door. One seems healthy and thriving while the other seems to be having trouble. Its leaves are somewhat orangey, and the limbs seem ...

The instant bite to exposed skin from this past winter’s polar vortex might be a distant memory, but the consequences of the bitter cold are visible in shrubbery and trees throughout Naperville. It’s ...