Also known as boxes or buxus, boxwood shrubs are the ideal plantation for landscaping and edging your garden. The creation of fake boxwood can duplicate the effect of a natural hedge or a trimmed hedge. Leafminer is the larva of a small, orange tiny fly that is less than 1/8 inch long and can be seen swarming around the boxwood in the spring. The azaleas are a little more work than the boxwood was; we water them through the summer and apply acid once or twice a year.

Boxwood shrubs have tiny vibrant green evergreen leaves that look very clean and attractive if pruned regularly. If left untreated, the infestation can cause serious leaf loss and even result in the death of the boxwood. American Boxwood are used greatly for making hedges because of how well they respond to pruning.

The American Boxwood can grow all the way up to 20 feet tall if not trimmed or trained. These simulated boxwood hedges can be used in a variety of settings outdoor as well as indoor. They were introduced to America in 1652 when Nathaniel Sylvester of Shetter Island (NW part of Long Island) New York received a shipment of Buxus sempervirens boxwood from Amsterdam to plant around the manor he built on his plantation.

In first century BC in Greece, wealthy Romans not only graced their villas with boxwood plantings, often in topiary form, but also chose this spectacular hard wood to make assorted boxes, both decorative and practical, hand-carved ornaments, flutes, utensils, wood overlay, combs and tablets.

Boxwood is a hardy, versatile, slow growing evergreen, however there are many varieties and some grow faster than others. When I moved into my current home, the front yard was filled with a bunch of evergreen boxwood shrubs. It was a great moment when this superb Achemon Sphinx thundered up to the sheet whilst I was helping out with a box tree moth event in Norfolk County, Ontario on Saturday night.

The American Boxwood can grow all the way up to 20 feet tall if not trimmed or trained. These simulated boxwood hedges can be used in a variety of settings outdoor as well as indoor. They were introduced to America in 1652 when Nathaniel Sylvester of Shetter Island (NW part of Long Island) New York received a shipment of Buxus sempervirens boxwood from Amsterdam to plant around the manor he built on his plantation.

The creation of fake boxwood can duplicate the effect of a natural hedge or a trimmed hedge. Leafminer is the larva of a small, orange tiny fly that is less than 1/8 inch long and can be seen swarming around the boxwood in the spring. The azaleas are a little more work than the boxwood was; we water them through the summer and apply acid once or twice a year.