Box hedges are easy to grow and can be used almost anywhere in the garden for a statement display. This evergreen shrub is ideal for making neat shapes such as cones, balls and spirals, though it can ...

HEDGES can be the making of a garden, providing clear boundaries and acting as a windbreak and a handsome green backdrop to other plants. A neglected hedge, on the other hand, can be a total eyesore, ...

The principle of tip pruning applies to all bushy hedging species whether it’s a small, formal box hedge or a tall boundary hedge for screening the apartments next door. Tip pruning means cutting a ...

I have a 15-year-old box hedge (Buxus sempervirens). In the past five years I’ve fertilised it with chicken pellets around the roots each March and also sprayed it with TopBuxus every five weeks from ...

If you’re one of those gardeners who grows box hedging or topiary box specimens, then you’ll know it’s become fashionable to write off this wonderfully adaptable, evergreen shrub because of the threat ...

Question. Our camellia hedge is blooming nicely but is thin at the base. Should we cut it back when the blooming stops or wait until spring to do the pruning? Answer. Enjoy the blooms now and wait ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Q • The golden privet hedge in my backyard is 8 feet high with almost all the foliage at the top. What should I do to get the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A caterpillar is threatening the box hedges of Europe. The Asian import is binging on miles and miles of delicious buxus hedging that it ...

As we enter the season of advent, the need for winter greenery becomes ever more pressing. Over the past few weeks I have been looking at ways of keeping your winter garden looking colourful and ...