Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. White spores will usually grow on infected box - Alamy The disease was first identified in 1994 at a long-gone Hampshire nursery ...

Suddenly, the leaves turn brown, shoots die off, and the boxwood appears bare and sickly within weeks. Many garden owners experience this and stand helplessly before their boxwood. Often, the culprit ...

With the Christmas weekend over, you may be getting ready to toss out all the holiday greenery to make a clean start for the new year. But not all of those plants should be put in a pile by the road.

Picture this: Your once-vibrant boxwood hedge suddenly starts to wilt. The leaves develop brown spots, and then their lush, green foliage turns a sickly brown. That, my friends, is the handiwork of ...

Pity the poor boxwood, that top-selling, round-leafed evergreen that’s been a staple of American yards since the beginning of American yards. Besides battling their way through a long-standing litany ...

The increasing incidence of boxwood blight, predominantly caused by the fungal pathogen Calonectria pseudonaviculata and its close relative C. henricotiae, poses a significant threat to ornamental ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Boxwood leafminer damage is most noticeable in spring and summer. Boxwoods (Buxus spp.) are one of the most common shrubs in ...

URBANA, Ill. - Boxwood blight, a serious fungal disease, has been confirmed in Illinois. According to a University Diagnostic Outreach Extension Specialist, two boxwood samples were submitted to the ...

Nothing brings a sense of formality to a garden like boxwood. But thanks to common gardening practices, it’s vulnerable to disease. By Margaret Roach It’s time for boxwood-loving gardeners to learn ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Fall weather has finally arrived as daily temperatures are forecasted to peak in the mid-70s. Many backyard gardeners are harvesting tomatoes squash and ...

My heart sank when a neighbor told me that her boxwoods had boxwood blight. Boxwood blight is a fungal disease that is spreading rapidly across North America. Boxwood blight causes black spots on ...

Boxwood blight, a highly contagious fungal infection, has struck a number of locations in Colonial Williamsburg Historic Area, causing the removal of plants, some of which were more than 100 years old ...