Root rot is a common disease of houseplants. Affected plants, if not killed, might be stunted, show desiccation, wilt, leaf scorch, dullness or yellowing of foliage and other symptoms of drought ...

Question. I have an eighteen-year-old boxwood hedge with sections declining. Can I prune these back about two-thirds as we have done with ligustrum and pittosporum and expect them to recover? Answer.