A boxwood is essentially a small tree, and pretty much all trees tend toward wildness if left to their own devices. For centuries, humans have overcome this in hedge plants with regular and ...

Adding companion plants with the evergreen can add color ... a layer of unique flowers that won't completely mask your boxwood hedge. It grows best in USDA zones 3 to 7, with well-drained soil.

Replacing a mass planting of boxwoods gives you the opportunity to diversify your landscape and try native or underused ...

Q: I’m taking out a boxwood hedge due to recurring insect and disease ... to diversify your landscape and try native or underused plants instead. Alternatives to boxwood might not provide ...

It has an attractive mounding form and, once it finishes blooming, it looks similar to a boxwood hedge. Of course ... both as wildlife-friendly pollinator plants and as attractive screening ...