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 ...

Juniper shrubs are getting a second look as homeowners search for carefree greenery with year-round appeal. These plants have long been a landscape staple, especially as an evergreen foundation plant, ...

The older I get, the larger my gardens seem. Although they have not actually grown in physical size, it takes me longer to weed them, cut back perennials in them, and water them in dry conditions than ...

Dear Roger: I liked your column listing the best and easiest-to-grow plants for the Sandhills. But you didn’t mention many shrubs. I’m at the place in my landscape design where I’m wanting the best ...

Boxwood shrubs have been popular for centuries across the world and are considered one of the oldest known garden plants.

Another hotter-than-normal summer has our landscape plants struggling to sweat it out – some more so than others. Like people, plants don’t cope equally well with excess heat. Ones native to the ...

Xeric trees and shrubs — including many of our plants originating from our Southwest deserts — seem like magic; give them an irrigation after a long dry period, they grow leaves again, and many flower ...