A rill dominates the formal garden, softened by wisteria over the archway, red pelargonium in pots from Mary Nash’s parents’ farm garden, Camellia ‘Setsugekka’ hedging with Buxus japonica surrounding ...

Japanese box (Buxus microphylla var. japonica) is the best type for warmer climates and has glossy, bright green foliage. English box (B. sempervirens) thrives in cold climates and has darker, ...

Unlike some gardeners I know, I’m not a plant collector. Nor do I ever expect to be, for I lack the single mindedness and the ever-so-slightly obsessive streak required to zealously hunt down every ...