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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Better Boxwoods. Handout/ (Credit: Minter Country Garden) In the 1990s, a disease, identified as boxwood blight, began affecting ...

We see them everywhere — as low or tall hedges, topiary specimens or in stylish containers gracing the entrances to some of the world’s most elegant hotels. For centuries boxwoods have played an ...

In the 1990s, a disease, identified as boxwood blight, began affecting and often destroying boxwood plants in Europe. In the late ’90s, a renowned Belgium grower, Didier Hermans, working with the ...

In the 1990s, a disease, identified as boxwood blight, began affecting and often destroying boxwood plants in Europe. Both residential and centuries-old collections were casualties. By 2011, this ...