We may not be winning the battle to stop the new boxwood blight from killing one of our favorite evergreens, but there's hope on the horizon with some new blight-resistant varieties.

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 ...

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.) ...

The Irish yew, Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata,' is a prime example of how useful an evergreen can be. It's a tough plant, needing no supplemental water once it's established. It grows in sun or part ...