If you purchased boxwood shrubs (Buxus.ssp.) this year, it’s a good idea to carefully inspect them for Michigan’s newest invasive species, the box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis). When allowed to ...

It worked! Each time I write about how dry the soil is, it rains. As I wrote this column this past Tuesday, rain was predicted for the end of the week. I can only hope. We got rain the week before but ...

The boxwood plant on the left is healthy, green and web-free. The boxwood plant on the right is dead or dying from box tree moth caterpillar damage. The invasive caterpillars feed on the foliage and ...