Ben Eland, Boxerwood Garden & Facilities Director - Boxerwood

Common Mullein: should it stay or should it go?

Common mullein is a non-native plant in Virginia, and as with many non-natives, we’ve had to make a decision at Boxerwood: should it stay or should it go?

spring blooms 2020

Not your everyday dogwood (and it is a dogwood, not a cherry), this shrubby tree bears loads of astringent olive-sized fruit in the late summer. It is one of our earliest bloomers with dainty yellow flowers.

As nature carries on its merry way these days, with spring bursting in all directions, we wanted to share with you a particular woodland treasure each week to entice you out into the Gardens.

Woodland Walkabout Grant

In 2019 Boxerwood received a $15,000 grant from the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust to develop the “Woodland Walkabout”

Re-introducing The American Chestnut Tree

Overcoming “Functionally Extinct” If you, your children, or your grandchildren visit Boxerwood in 50 years, you will find two towering American chestnut trees in the field. We planted them there… Continue reading Re-introducing The American Chestnut Tree