But after two wet summers, box blight, Cylindrocladium buxicola ... When growth starts, Yvonne also uses a disinfectant-type spray (not available to the public) to kill the spores.

One or two patches have resisted box blight a clone bought as Faulkner has been particularly ... Where is the pleasure in ‘a spray programme’? Where box is used as low, formal hedging, I’m now ripping ...

Boxwood blight is caused by the pathogen Calonectria pseudonavicu-latum, which can also affect other shade loving plants like sweet box and pachysandra ... pine bark and to spray with fungicides ...

You might hear it called box blight or boxwood leaf drop, but no matter what you call it, it spells trouble for our gardens. This pesky fungus can turn those lush, green boxwood leaves into a sad ...

However, more people are seeking boxwood alternatives due to concerns about box blight and box tree moth. Increasingly, ...

is being consumed by box caterpillar and by the fungal box blight, which, since the 1990s, has spread at speed through Europe, western Asia, New Zealand, the US and Canada. Those who can’t ...

Add to this the seasons of Box Blight that preceded it, only a truly dedicated gardener will take on a Buxus now. It’s hugely time consuming and costly to get rid of the caterpillars and they ...