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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Writer Bunny Guinness checking the topiary for box blight - Andrew Crowley Many gardeners are taking stock of their box plants.

Boxwood blight has arrived in Marin County. The disease is caused by a fungal pathogen called Cylindrocladium buxicola. The spores of this disease have traveled from the United Kingdom, to the East ...

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 ...

For centuries, boxwood has been a go-to plant for creating structure in gardens, whether it’s used in hedges, edging or clipped into geometric shapes. Popular at historic sites — think Williamsburg ...

Boxwood, a classic choice for formal gardens and hedges, has faced increasing threats in recent years. As gardeners grapple with these challenges, it is crucial to understand the issues at hand and ...

The DNR Division of Entomology & Plant Pathology has discovered that a shipment of boxwood plants infected with boxwood blight was shipped to Indiana in May. This is important because boxwood blight ...

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 ...

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 ...