Planting Boxwoods the Hard Way: How I Learned That Soil Temperature and Spacing Matter

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When my front bed looked like a row of sad shrubs: a planting story I thought I had gardening figured out. I bought a dozen boxwoods in early April, the soil still damp and cool, and set them in a straight line across the front bed