Another, named Fastigiata, takes on the form of a medium-size Christmas tree. Saunders thinks it should be used in place of the screens of arborvitae that people like. It’s more handsome, he ...

But decorations made from boxwood are not as simple or unburdened as they used to be. The arrival on the East Coast of a fungal disease named boxwood blight means that even healthy-looking wreaths ...

Boxwood blight was found for the first time in the United States in 2011 in North Carolina, Virginia and Connecticut. ... and “Fastigiata” and “Dee Runk” being moderately resistant.

Now that a new boxwood blight disease has arrived in central Pennsylvania, is it a good idea to plant new boxwoods? ... ('Dee Runk' and 'Fastigiata' are skinny uprights.) ...