![]() ![]() We recommend Solu-Cal or Bonide Turf Turbo, please follow the label directions for application rate and frequency. It may take several applications to reach ideal pH. Test pH and apply a calcium product to reach a pH of 6.5 to 7.2. Additionally, mulch may reduce spore-laden water splashing onto leaves during rain. Mulching keeps soil moisture even for shallow-rooted boxwood, and increases organic content of soil as it breaks down. ![]() Have your boxwood properly pruned to increase airflow and light avoid shearing. If you have boxwood in your landscape, you can take the following measures to keep your boxwood as healthy as possible, hopefully slowing development of the disease. We cannot ensure the long-term effectiveness of preventive spray programs, particularly under heavy disease pressure. Through Nature’s Select we will facilitate fungicide treatments to those who wish to implement a preventive fungicide program for their boxwoods. We will continue to educate clients about Boxwood Blight, and offer proper pruning of boxwood to minimize disease spread. Our account managers are undergoing training to identify Boxwood Blight and maintenance crews are instructed to bring any suspicious boxwood to their manager’s attention. New Garden Gazebo will offer and educate customers about boxwood alternatives. Customers choosing to plant boxwood do so at their own risk.īarring a breakthrough in disease eradication options, we will cease selling boxwood altogether by 2022. American and Korean boxwood will be offered, sourced only from a nursery that has an extensive disease control plan in effect.īoxwood of any type sold at New Garden Gazebo will not be covered under our Hardy Plant Warranty. New Garden Gazebo will no longer carry English boxwood as it is hugely susceptible to Boxwood Blight. If a customer is set on using boxwood despite being informed of the risks, we will plant them, but will not warranty them, nor will we be responsible for loss of any boxwood already existing on the property. We will no longer use boxwood in our landscape designs. For this reason, New Garden Landscaping & Nursery is implementing a Boxwood Blight response plan: Once infected, boxwood will never recover and will eventually need to be removed. There is no cure control measures are limited, expensive and must be continued indefinitely. Due to their stickiness, spores are not thought to be spread by wind. Often it is introduced from boxwood being added to a landscape, where rain-splashed droplets move it from infected additions to the original plants. It can also be spread by water droplets or flooding. These spores can cling to and be spread by people, tools, clothing, and wild (deer, birds, rabbits etc.) and domestic (dogs, cats, horses etc.) animals. Disease Spreadīoxwood Blight spreads very easily via the sticky fungal spores. Here’s what you need to know about the disease. New Garden Landscaping & Nursery feels that Boxwood Blight could have a major impact on landscapes containing boxwood in the near future. It is devastating to all boxwood types (English, American, Korean/Japanese), including varieties and cultivars initially thought to be resistant. Boxwood Blight already has a strong foothold in Winston-Salem, and is beginning to be seen in the Greensboro area. It can now be found in at least twenty states and several Canadian provinces. Boxwood Blight reached the United States in 2011, initially affecting North Carolina and Connecticut. Boxwood Blight is a fast-moving, destructive, and incurable fungal disease. ![]()
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