Most broadleaf shrubs (such as azaleas, camellias, ligustrum, abelia, and cleyera) respond well to renewal pruning. Boxwoods, however, recover slowly and may even die when severely pruned unless ...

Most broadleaf shrubs (such as azaleas, camellias, ligustrum, abelia, and cleyera) respond well to renewal pruning. Boxwoods, however, recover slowly and may even die when severely pruned unless ...

For the yews and burning bushes, heavier pruning is best done in late winter/early spring before new growth starts. With boxwoods, heavy pruning should be done during the growing season after the ...

Pruning stimulates new growth, and in the case of boxwood, with its thick, glossy leaves, this new growth will not have enough time to harden off before temperatures drop. Boxwood shrubs pruned ...

The first one from Iowa State University give the proper time to prune shrubs and trees. The second one from University of Maryland includes a video showing how to prune boxwoods specifically.

Boxwood is a beautiful bush -- until you shear it and shear it some more. Over time, all that shearing transforms boxwood into a ball of green veneer with a dead center. "This was sheared because ...

Pruning work must be done when plant stresses are few so that the boxwoods are able to produce new shoots. We need to consider the condition of the boxwoods (their ability to recover from pruning ...

The other reason not to mulch, according to Ethel Dutky, plant pathologist at the University of Maryland, is because voles love boxwood roots.

Most broadleaf shrubs (such as azaleas, camellias, ligustrum, abelia, and cleyera) respond well to renewal pruning. Boxwoods, however, recover slowly and may even die when severely pruned unless ...