The video I never wanted to make ☠️ BOXWOOD BLIGHT! ☠️
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- Опубліковано 26 кві 2021
- BOXWOOD BLIGHT!
It’s news I never wanted to hear, but I found out recently that I have the fungus that causes boxwood blight in my garden. By 2019, boxwood blight had been identified in 30 states, so it may be in your state too.
So I’m going through how I found out, what it is, how you can prevent it in your own garden and where I go from here.
00:35 How I found out I have boxwood blight
1:30 What is boxwood blight?
3:07 How did I know I had it?
4:47 Pictures of symptoms
8:13 What do you need to know about boxwood blight?
9:16 How to identify boxwood blight
10:15 How to prevent boxwood blight
15:10 What do I do now?
This video is far from comprehensive. If you’re looking for more information on boxwood blight, here are some sources to get you started, but it’s worth doing a bit of research, especially to look for information in your own yard.
❂ Blog post from the original project in this garden: www.theimpatientgardener.com/...
❂ Ironic blog post I wrote in 2019 about boxwood blight: www.theimpatientgardener.com/...
❂ University of Wisconsin fact sheet: pddc.wisc.edu//wp-content/blo...
❂ Virginia Tech Boxwood Blight Task Force resources (excellent info): ext.vt.edu/agriculture/commer...
❂ Boxwood blight resistance by variety: www.bartlett.com/resources/bo...
❂ USDA report on boxwood blight resistance by variety: meridian.allenpress.com/jeh/a...
❂ Good Purdue University fact sheet: www.extension.purdue.edu/extm...
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I love that you had to go sit down, and have a drink! I also have this kind of attitude when my garden has issues!
Well that sucks, I'm sorry Erin. Yes most people would not have any idea what was killing their plant. You are a great asset to the gardening community.
I totally second this. Now, having watched this, I'm almost positive this is what took my one (otherwise healthy) boxwood last year.
"I have boxwood blight"
Next scene: 🍷
😂
Seriously, so sorry Erin. What a bummer! Of course you're one of the special people that has this horrible disease in your garden!
Well, this is the most informative thing I've seen on boxwood blight. So, thanks for that. Sorry about your boxwoods.
You are just so real sitting down with a glass of wine about your garden issues. Thank you for educating us and being you. I'm awfully sad for you but know you will get through it with humor as always!
You are such a BLESSING to those of us in your community. I don't happen to have Boxwoods in my garden, but I am so appreciative of the education you offered. Thank you!
While my heart bleeds for boxwood lovers, I will never have boxwood blight because my boxwood days ended in the late 90's. Total pain in the A$$
I lost 17 shrubs 3 years ago (Indiana)... so sad and changed the entire garden but we are filling in with other shrubs and getting the new look established. Best of luck!
Oh I'm so sorry Teresa. That's terrible. I'd love to hear about some of the shrubs you've planted.
Yes, please share what you planted to replace the boxwoods. What is your zone? Thanks.
@@TheImpatientGardener could you grow Yew?
@@charlottem6876 it’s a good option for many reasons but unfortunately it’s on the deer menu so usage would have to be limited to areas with less deer browsing
What about Tater Tot arbovitae?
Erin thanks for sharing and helping us all increase our awareness of this fungal disease - sorry it’s happened but keep us posted!
Wow Erin! Thank you for being up front about this info. Your description box was a wealth of information. I have been wondering for a couple of years about perennial swaps in our local area. I have not attended these because of problems being spread, unknowingly. Thank you for being so thorough on this subject, you are a blessing to us all in the garden world. So heartbreaking for you! Your wine glass was not big enough!
My heart goes out to you! Thank you so very much for the heads up! I live in Central California. Very dry here, low humidity, but still very concerned. Lots of boxwoods on my property. Will be looking for nurseries in the future that have this problem in mind. Valuable information you just gave us!
Glad to see you have a glass of wine. My heart goes out to you-as avid gardeners too, your subscribers know how hard this must be. Thank you for everything you do.
Beyond sorry that you are dealing with this & hopeful it hasn’t spread to any other spots in your garden! Most appreciate you sharing & educating the rest of us & glad you recognize the platform you have to be a voice for spreading knowledge & caution! Wishing you the very best in dealing with this situation & having a great day in the garden.
As I'm about to run out and check mine, I wonder how many people could have it in their yards and never know? Don't know to check, and maybe just chuck their dead plants into the compost. Very sad - I'm sorry you have to deal with this but props to you for being so thorough and using your platform to educate.
Can you imagine how many loads of boxwood trimmings have been dumped all over? Boggles the mind & makes control difficult.
So sorry Erin. You did a great job explaining it to everyone. Poor Monty Don had to take out whole hedges. Very sad situation!
Thank you for this very informative video, Erin. I hope you have this problem contained, and I admire your transparency, regarding this issue. Looking forward to more information to come.
Thank you for sharing this information and being a responsible gardener. I watched your second video first, then looked up this one. You went to great lengths to keep this as under control as possible and as a fellow gardener and a wisconsinite, I appreciate your efforts. You are a great example for all of us to follow.
Thanks for sharing the information on the boxwood blight. I hope you don’t lose the other box woods in your gardens.
Oh no! So sorry you have to deal with this! Thank you for taking the time to explain what it is and what it looks like. I'll have to do a thorough check on mine....
I’m so sorry this has occurred in your garden. I also really appreciate you turning this into an education opportunity for your watchers.
How awful, so sorry to hear this. Thank you for this. A painful reminder to clean my tools. I have a tendency NOT to clean between plants, unless I know it is having issues. I need to be more cautious in the future. Please keep us posted.
It's great that you have this platform. Thanks for the information. I am planning to add some boxwoods in my garden; now I will check all the options and details for my state. I hope the rest of your garden is okay!
Sorry to hear this Erin, boxwoods are one of my favourites. Fingers crossed that your others don’t get the blight
I'm so sorry Erin. I feel your pain. I'm still dealing with aster yellows so I really know that gut wrenching feeling you get with disease in your yard. I hope you are able to resolve this issue quickly.
Thanks so much for the update! I garden in SW Michigan and as my in-laws are British Gardners I was aware, and knew it had been introduced into the US, but didn't know it was this close! Please keep the info coming!
Love your show and you bring me such great info. Many thanks and keeping fingers crossed for you as well as the rest of us who love this plant!
Hello from Tecumseh Mi Ann Arbor area
So sorry to hear about this! Stay strong!
What a nightmare!! So sorry for your garden issues. Thank you for sharing with us. I will do some research in my area, as I have boxwood also. Peace and Good Fortune and Good Health to you and your family. All the best to you!
I'm so sorry, Erin, that you are having to deal with this; but thank you so much for using your platform to educate us. I had never heard of boxwood blight before, so I'm glad to know that it's out there and what to look for. Granted, I only have 4 boxwoods in my small garden here in Illinois, but I sure wouldn't want to spread it should I find it on my shrubs. Thanks for all of the information!
Ugh, so sorry Erin. Super helpful to understand all the information around blight though, thank you for sharing
Wow, I had no idea about this...thank you for the info & so sorry it hit your garden!
Excellent video. I'm sorry to hear this news. This has been one of my biggest concerns since I have so many boxwood in my garden. I planted a resistant variety, but that's no guarantee. I appreciate all the great information and links you shared. Thank you.
I'm so very sorry for this too happy to you and your beautiful garden. I had to remove a large portion of my own garden that had been infected with tobacco mosaic virus. It was like having a piece of my soul amputated. It still hurts to think about. 😥 I will say a prayer for the rest of your garden.
Well thank you for that, what a drag, I have a circular hedge around a lilac standard, and just put in a rectangular hedge, that I am now going to be paying attention to, but I do appreciate knowing what to look for. Your channel has been very informative and encouraging.
Thank you for the information. This is so helpful to every gardener
I lost most of my lilacs to lilac blight (not fungal but bacterial disease that is also not treatable). After that experience, I won’t be planting boxwood - ever- in my garden. Thank you for posting this video and building awareness!
So sorry this happened in your garden. Thank you for sharing, though. Best of luck with the other boxwoods!
😢 So sorry to hear this!! Good luck with the containment.
Also, this video was very informative and gives me an idea of what to keep an eye out for in the future. So thank you for sharing.
Thank you for the information! I really love that garden .
Erin thanks for the transparency and sharing so many crucial details about BB. I need to send in some samples to my local extension because I'm pretty sure I have plants with that disease.
I love boxwood and will look for varieties that are less afflicted with BB. Great post!
That’s terrible. I’m so sorry you are dealing with this. The concern and expense alone are, I’m sure tremendous. Keep us posted and I appreciate you sharing all this information. 💕
So sorry Erin. I have never heard of boxwood blight and now as a gardener I’m terrified but grateful that you have this information and are knowledgeable. We will all learn so much from you as you navigate the process. Your boxwood demise may save ours. So sorry for you though.
I have many boxwoods and I love them. I have had the various scares about this issue, resulting in purchasing hollies- ilex instead. Your video and pictures have really helped me understand how to identify blight. Your video is so detailed and your experience is very helpful in case I have this issue in the future and what I should do. Thank you for the valuable information.
I’m in a zone 5 with hot dry summers and cold winters. Thought I was safe but hearing you are in a zone five as well, I need to check my Boxwood! 🌳
I'm so sorry to hear your box have this awful thing.
Also, sorry that you are having to go thru that whole process.
Let's just keep hoping it doesn't turn into such a strong force like it has in Britain.
While I don't have any boxwood, I do enjoy the structure they provide in other gardens. 💚
Thank you Erin for the boxwood education given freely!
So glad you are sharing this with all of us. I hope you can save them, or at least the ones that were there before. I have had pear blight and a fungus that took out a Japanese maple. It’s no fun.
So sorry to hear this! I was just planning to buy several boxwood plants from Costco to plant a hedge, but I might do Holly instead. Thank you for sharing and educating us.
Sorry to hear about your boxwoods. Thank you for sharing, I didn’t know about boxwood blight. Going to go inspect my boxwoods now!
That really sucks! Thanks for always sharing such educational info. I know I’m not alone hoping for the other Boxwood. Power of positivity,and wine! 🍷
Thank you very much for sharing your experience. Praying it’s only the ones you’ve noticed.
I'm really glad I caught this message, thank you! I have been looking into getting some boxwoods so it's great to know to look for some that are more resistant and what to look for as systems. Sorry you have to deal with this though!
Hi Erin. I'm so sorry for this to have come to your garden. I work at a nursery in Western MA. I checked on line and it has been found in MA. I'll keep my eye on the boxwoods we sell! Best of luck!
Well, I’m going out to inspect my box woods differently now! Thank you for all this information.
Erin thanks for your well educated and comprehensive information on boxwood blight. Also appreciate the most important glass of wine! You’ve got this.
I’m so sorry. But you shared great information so we can all keep our eye out for it. Thanks for that!
This was like a boxwood blight therapy session...with wine.
Wow, that’s too bad. Love box woods, I have three on my property and a very small one baby one that’s going to be a long time before it gets a useable size.
Wishing you the best, dealing with your situation. Thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊
How disappointing. I very much appreciate your research and the information you are providing for the rest of us. I raise my glass to you and your struggle.
Thank you for sharing this important information. Scary to think how this spreads ...😭
I feel terrible, sorry Erin. Very, very informative video. It will help the rest of us to look for warning signs. I need help with controlling boxwood leaf miner.
Very helpful. I’ll keep my eyes pealed. Thanks!
I'm sorry you're experiencing this! Thank you for sharing. I bought a few clearance boxwoods last year, that may actually have this. My family told me to just rip them out, but I've been pruning and trying to save. Ugh...Headed out to inspect them now.
So sorry to hear this. My boxwoods just die here in Colorado. I'm pulling out 16 this spring that didn't make it this winter. No more boxwoods for me.
So sorry to hear about your blight!
I'm using ilex glabra compacta as a boxwood replacement in zone 5b-6a here in Massachusetts.
Frick! We planted that same exact variety in our garden in the front! 😬All good information to share though Erin. Hope you’re able to remedy it whatever that remedy ends up being.
Great info. Thanks for sharing!
Oh no! I'm so sorry that ended up happening to you. But thank you for making this video! I'm about 99% sure me one boxwood was taken by this. It had all the signs you showed, but I had no idea what was up with it. It completely died by the end of last summer. There was another boxwood just 4 ft over from it, so I'm really hoping it's only since nothing really brushed on it, and I never pruned them with the same tools (or at all) fingers crossed!!!!
Oh no. But thanks for sharing such important information. I feel your pain after being involved in a project planting Norway spruce trees that ended up with borers. We lost several and are in the process of saving others. It can be discouraging. 😣
I have 2 very large boxwood in my front garden that I thought the deer got to.....now I’m rethinking. You really shared some important information....thank you so much. I’m an organic gardener and feel a responsibility to “ do know harm.” You’re a real asset and I’m so happy I subscribed to ur site!
Very informative! Sorry you’re struggling with this but thank you for sharing. Keep us up to date.
This is an incredibly helpful video. Thank you, Erin. I live in Madison & have noticed a problem with my boxwoods (I love them too & have many!) this year after being trouble free for about 10 years. I think my problem is boxwood mites, but having seen your video I think I'll send a sample to UW extension diagnostics too.
NYS, Orange Cty: I had a scare last summer. Turned out not to be Blight but that situation scared me big time and taught me to be VERY careful. A friend here in Orange Cty lost a whole garden of boxwoods. Very bad. Thanks for the very informative vid. I hope people take your advice seriously.
Thanks for the info. 😱🥰🙏
In the netherlands we have a moth that lays there eggs in boxwoods. It's called Cydalima perspectalis. The caterpillars eat the boxwoods. Most people have removed the boxwoods
I had a 25 year old topiary boxwood, grown from a tiny plant, eaten in 3 days by that Caterpillar 😥😥😥 (UK) and blight is horrid too
@@charlottem6876
But if you treat your topiary it might get new foliage next spring.
Older Boxwoods get new growth on the bare wood.
So its possible to recover.
Cross the fingers it will recover.
They need fertilizer and prorection and a lot of attention now.
( I mean slow releasing fertilizer.)
I am so sorry. Your video was so informative. When you mentioned that the blight has been identified in thirty states I looked to see if mine was one of them. Unfortunately I discovered that Delaware is on the list. I don't have many boxwoods but I am taking measures to insure that I can prevent it. I am lucky that our University is near me. And they have provided a list of recommendations to follow.
Sorry to hear you have experienced blight. This video is perfect timing I’m in the process of buying box woods for the first times.
Fingers crossed for you. Best of luck as well.
I feel your pain. Lost a heirloom rose bush from witches broom that I am sure came from Knock out roses that my yard guy brought in during end of season prune. Knock outs around here were so beautiful but now you see very few.
Wow I m so sorry to hear about the blight. Guess who bought a bunch of boxwoods from a big box store last year? I l’ll be inspecting and looking forward to anymore information that you get. Thanks so much for sharing.
Dear Erin, I am so sorry to hear that. Like the lady from the Netherlands commented, here in Germany, (Rhine-Main region), box has pretty much disappeared. There is a double-whammy of blight and a moth (cydalima perspectalis) "Buchsbaumzünsler" - literally 'boxwood sucker" - that's sucker as in bloodsucker! My best wishes for you and your garden.
My condolences. Thank you for the information. It is important that we gardeners do things responsibly. I like your smart approach. Good luck! PS I need to go clean my tools again. 🌳
Thanks for all the info Erin I love my boxwoods
I am so sorry Erin. I have boxwood seedlings. So I am going to keep an eye on it.
Ugh. So sorry to hear this!
Well darn! I stopped preparing our dinner to watch this, poured myself a glass of wine and then went out to check my established boxwoods and the eleven waiting to be planted this week! I have one Chicagoland I purchased last summer. So far, so good, I think, but I am so tempted to pull it out now. I was told at a local garden center that Chicagoland is just another name for Green Velvet, but was probably their effort to tell me that it didn’t matter the label. I will give all my plants a fungicide treatment, however, it sounds like it doesn’t make a damn difference. Makes me sad since I am also trying to fill areas that are part sun part shade with an evergreen choice that is also more deer resistant. Thank you for the informative video. I feel your pain.
I'm pretty sure I've seen this going on with mine. It's passed midnight, going out to take a closer look.
Already have my cocktail in hand. Thank you Erin.
Freaking out. 😉😎🍷
Erin,
I am very sorry to hear that Boxwood Blight has come to your garden.
So disheartening. I hope that it gets no further than the bed it's currently in.
I've been watching my Green Mountains for any signs.
Like you, I have not come across a shrub that's a perfect stand-in...
Checked out P.W.'s Gem Box and Strong Box Inkberry Hollies, but I don't think they're going to work - for my situation, at least.
All the best to you - and
thank you for your helpful, interesting, and encouraging videos. 🌿
My condolences. I just bought 3 box plants, so happy to see where Green Mountain fits on the list of susceptible box.
Congrats! This vid popped up on my Google feed! I just watched it 4 days ago.... pretty 😎.
Bummer! But many thanks for sharing the information.
Thank you for this information, I have few boxwood in my backyard .
Omg what a great informative video.. I’ve just planted here in NW Fl winter green box woods and this was so good to know about will keep my eye out...! Love your channel Erin keep up the great work!!! JUDY in Pensacola Fl
I feel for you. Last year I planted...count 'em...64 boxwoods. Planning to grow a 6-foot hedge. No signs of blight yet, but sometimes I wish I would have just gone with yew. Another option is euonymus. If you follow Martha Stewart's blog you'll know that she has 100s of boxwoods and she did mention in one post her mitigation efforts. I need to dig back thru to find the post. Good luck and keep us posted!
I’m so sorry to hear this. And the deer pressure really does cut down on your options, dammit. Maybe it’s a opportunity for a complete reimagining! 😬
Erin, I am so sorry to hear about this blight what a bummer. I thank you for all your help and information! I just planted 25 Green beauty boxwoods this spring for the same reason you mentioned, evergreen, shade, and deer proof. I am going to be following you closely to do everything to prevent this.
I know you said to mulch, what do you think about putting down vermiculite?
Good luck and thank you for all your help in the garden.
Thank you for sharing your experience. Please provide an update as you learn more about applying a fungicide for prevention.
Wow...sounds terrible...like the covid for boxwoods. I'm sorry you're going through this, but thank you for sharing this information and your experience with this fungus. I didn't know about this. Thank you, Erin.
Sorry it happened to you, but then you’re the one to do the ‘right thing’ about it, and follow instructions. Thanks for that!
Great information, boy it sucks could happen to anyone. Try growing Korean Boxwood I believe they are resistant. Love your videos, keep them coming.
So sorry, thank you for letting us know.