I have another pest to add to the growing list of threats to a Buxus plant’s health and well-being. This one is the red ant (Myrmica rubra). There’s been a lot of head scratching at a place where I work to discover the reason why leaves of a single box plant were starting to yellow…
The fungal disease box blight attacks Box (Buxus) and can result in twiggy patches and dieback. Box blight was first recognised in the mid 1990’s and has now become a real problem in many gardens all over the UK, especially with warm and damp weather. What is Box Blight? Box blight is a fungal disease that…
