Walk down almost any street and you'll spot boxwoods (Buxus sempervirens) edging yards or framing walkways. This popular evergreen shrub is perfect for plant sculpting, which is part of its charm.

While some people enjoy the wild, untamed look of shrubs and hedges, many gardeners prefer to keep them neatly trimmed. Consistent pruning is important, but if you're growing evergreen plants for ...

Boxwoods are hardy evergreen shrubs that are valuable for forming borders for driveways and walkways for formal and contemporary homes. Learn when to trim boxwoods and how best to do it for a neat, ...

Boxwoods are popular shrubs for landscaping in the Southern garden. They are slow growers, which means you don't need to prune often to keep them to a desirable size. But this also means you have to ...

Boxwoods are hardy evergreen shrubs that are valuable for forming borders for driveways and walkways for formal and contemporary homes. Learn when to trim boxwoods and how best to do it for a neat, ...

One task that home gardeners can spend a lot of time on is pruning their shrubs. There are four reasons that you might engage in this task: to affect flower or fruit production; to direct the growth ...

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 ...

Q: In May, high winds blew down the center trunk of the maple tree shown in the photo (see reader's photo). The tree is still alive and had full foliage on the remaining branches, which formed the ...

For shrub roses like Knock-outs, prune them back at least by one third each year. Most roses bloom on new growth, and if you aren't pruning, they don't put on as much new growth, leaving a large bush ...

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