| Box or boxwood blight 17:50 - Aug 11 with 918 views | DJR |
We have four quite sizeable box (or boxwood) plants in our garden.
One died a couple of years ago. It is in a different part of the garden to the others, and I put it down to a lack of water.
However over the course of the last year, the other three box plants have been affected, and it now looks like they have largely died off.
The disease is apparently called box or boxwood blight, and is something I knew nothing about until relatively recently. Had I known earlier maybe I could have done something about it, because a neighbour at my mother's house was out a couple of weeks ago picking out the dead leaves. He also mentioned that it had had an impact on some ornamental box plants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxwood_blight
Sadly, in the last few weeks it has recently spread to the eight small box plants we keep in pots.
Anyone else suffered this.
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| Box or boxwood blight on 18:52 - Aug 11 with 871 views | bluefunk |
Likewise we didn’t know anything about the blight until it was too late. Lost 5 10 year old lovingly pruned specimens a couple of years ago, would have cost £600 to replace at half the size. We didn’t replace them. Annoyingly, my brother in law is a landscape gardener, who said, “oh, yeah, I should have told you about that” 😡 |  | | |
| Box or boxwood blight on 18:58 - Aug 11 with 858 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
There’s a lot of it about, Road by me where I walk the dog, has had every single box plant down the entire length of the road affected by it. |  |
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| Box or boxwood blight on 19:08 - Aug 11 with 829 views | ipswichlt |
| Box or boxwood blight on 18:58 - Aug 11 by Cheltenham_Blue |
There’s a lot of it about, Road by me where I walk the dog, has had every single box plant down the entire length of the road affected by it. |
We had a similar problem but it was the caterpillar that only attacks the buxus, started by hand picking them out but there was so many of them, came across this product what you spray on and within 48hours it kills the caterpillar,from looking nearly dead I now have thriving shrubs again, try it |  | | |
| Box or boxwood blight on 19:10 - Aug 11 with 819 views | ipswichlt |
| Box or boxwood blight on 18:58 - Aug 11 by Cheltenham_Blue |
There’s a lot of it about, Road by me where I walk the dog, has had every single box plant down the entire length of the road affected by it. |
It’s by Topbuxus and is call xentari | | | |
| Box or boxwood blight on 19:12 - Aug 11 with 815 views | DubaITFC |
| Box or boxwood blight on 18:58 - Aug 11 by Cheltenham_Blue |
There’s a lot of it about, Road by me where I walk the dog, has had every single box plant down the entire length of the road affected by it. |
Sounds like it's probably the box moth, not a blight as such. The caterpillars can munch through a garden in a matter of days. The leaves brown off and the plant dies. Have a look for some green hairless caterpillars. We've saved our box plants from several attacks by using a product called Xen Tari or something similar that infects them with nematodes that eat them from within. It's a horrible way for them to die but I do like my box bushes to be green and alive. |  | | |
| Box or boxwood blight on 19:14 - Aug 11 with 812 views | ipswichlt |
| Box or boxwood blight on 19:12 - Aug 11 by DubaITFC |
Sounds like it's probably the box moth, not a blight as such. The caterpillars can munch through a garden in a matter of days. The leaves brown off and the plant dies. Have a look for some green hairless caterpillars. We've saved our box plants from several attacks by using a product called Xen Tari or something similar that infects them with nematodes that eat them from within. It's a horrible way for them to die but I do like my box bushes to be green and alive. |
Exactly the same with mine and same product | | | |
| Box or boxwood blight on 19:29 - Aug 11 with 796 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Box or boxwood blight on 19:08 - Aug 11 by ipswichlt |
We had a similar problem but it was the caterpillar that only attacks the buxus, started by hand picking them out but there was so many of them, came across this product what you spray on and within 48hours it kills the caterpillar,from looking nearly dead I now have thriving shrubs again, try it |
I’ll not be trying it at all. It’s in the road I walk my dog on, it’s their problem. | |
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| Box or boxwood blight on 19:36 - Aug 11 with 786 views | ipswichlt |
| Box or boxwood blight on 19:29 - Aug 11 by Cheltenham_Blue |
I’ll not be trying it at all. It’s in the road I walk my dog on, it’s their problem. |
Ok then I was only trying to help, you must get really bored in your life commenting on something that isn’t your problem [Post edited 11 Aug 2023 19:38]
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| Box or boxwood blight on 19:42 - Aug 11 with 771 views | LegendofthePhoenix |
Yep, happened to us 2 years ago, we had about 10 box bushes, the whole lot died. Ripped them out last winter, have planted flower beds instead. Bummer because they looked really smart and were low maintenance. There is nothing you can do about it. Like Dutch Elm disease. Or supporting Naarwich. |  |
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| Box or boxwood blight on 19:49 - Aug 11 with 766 views | DJR |
| Box or boxwood blight on 19:08 - Aug 11 by ipswichlt |
We had a similar problem but it was the caterpillar that only attacks the buxus, started by hand picking them out but there was so many of them, came across this product what you spray on and within 48hours it kills the caterpillar,from looking nearly dead I now have thriving shrubs again, try it |
The man opposite my mother's said it was the caterpillar for him but I haven't been able to find them, so I have assumed it is blight.
However, I've come across this which suggests both are possible, and will investigate further.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/science/pdf/garden-solutions-dealing-with-box-problems.pd
And I'll tell the man opposite my mother's about the solution for caterpillar. [Post edited 11 Aug 2023 19:51]
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| Box or boxwood blight on 19:56 - Aug 11 with 749 views | ipswichlt |
| Box or boxwood blight on 19:49 - Aug 11 by DJR |
The man opposite my mother's said it was the caterpillar for him but I haven't been able to find them, so I have assumed it is blight.
However, I've come across this which suggests both are possible, and will investigate further.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/science/pdf/garden-solutions-dealing-with-box-problems.pd
And I'll tell the man opposite my mother's about the solution for caterpillar. [Post edited 11 Aug 2023 19:51]
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I’ve about 20 in a line and they were infested, problem over now til next year but will be ready for them🐛 | | | |
| Box or boxwood blight on 20:53 - Aug 11 with 693 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Box or boxwood blight on 19:36 - Aug 11 by ipswichlt |
Ok then I was only trying to help, you must get really bored in your life commenting on something that isn’t your problem [Post edited 11 Aug 2023 19:38]
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What an odd reaction. | |
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| Box or boxwood blight on 21:14 - Aug 11 with 675 views | ipswichlt |
| Box or boxwood blight on 20:53 - Aug 11 by Cheltenham_Blue |
What an odd reaction. |
I thought the same about yours 🔵⚪️ | | | |
| Box or boxwood blight on 22:01 - Aug 11 with 643 views | SchancheITFC |
We use a special spray at work. We managed to save the ones at Wivenhoe House that were half gone. | | | |
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