plants along foundation of home and in front yard - Mint Images/Getty Images Planting close to your home's foundation might not seem like the best idea, but it's actually a golden opportunity to frame ...

What: Buxus sempervirens ‘Suffruticosa,’ commonly known as edging boxwood, is indispensable for hedging and is the shrub of choice for the formal garden. It makes one of the best low, small hedges for ...

The formula for successfully planting shrubs next to your house? Airflow and shallow roots. From black chokeberry to Rose-of-Sharon, consider these options.

Maybe it’s not as much fun as planting a cutting garden or garden full of romantic flowers, but foundation plantings matter. Foundation shrubs are those that you plant near the base of your house to ...

Boxwoods have been in recorded history since 4000 B.C. when the Egyptians first used them in formal gardens. They came to North America from Europe and Asia in the mid-1600s. The American Boxwood ...

PLANT THIS PRETTY PINK BLOOM: Rhododendron Dandy Man Pink is an exceptional garden plant due to its unique combination of hardiness, heat tolerance, and root-rot resistance. (National Garden Bureau) ...

Boxwood, a popular evergreen shrub we’ve been planting for many years, is suddenly in the crosshairs. This reliable landscape mainstay is under attack from winter burn, a well-known insect, a ...

The boxwood blight that has been discovered in Chesterfield County has gardeners closely monitoring historical shrubs. The discovery in the county marks a major advance for the fungal pathogen, which ...