BBC

Invasive caterpillar a threat to box hedge plants

Bob Tompkins believes the caterpillar could bring an end to the box hedge plant in the island A Jersey environmentalist has warned that an invasive species of caterpillar could mean an end to the box ...
The Financial Times

For blight-free topiary, think outside box hedge

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Topiary, from elegant geometric shapes to the wild excesses of voluptuous women, animals, George slaying the ...
The Australian

Contemplating hedging? Think outside the box

Japanese box (Buxus microphylla var. japonica) is the best type for warmer climates and has glossy, bright green foliage. English box (B. sempervirens) thrives in cold climates and has darker, ...
The Irish Times

Your gardening problems answered: How can I cure my diseased box hedging?

My beautiful box hedging has recently started to look a bit unhappy. Parts of the foliage have become patchy with some areas that have turned orange-brown/black or started to drop leaves. A gardening ...
Daily Mail

My battle with box blight: Box is brilliant for brightening up gloomy winter gardens, but blight can decimate it

As we enter the season of advent, the need for winter greenery becomes ever more pressing. Over the past few weeks I have been looking at ways of keeping your winter garden looking colourful and ...
The Irish Times

‘Does my hedge have box blight?’

I have a 15-year-old box hedge (Buxus sempervirens). In the past five years I’ve fertilised it with chicken pellets around the roots each March and also sprayed it with TopBuxus every five weeks from ...
Daily Mail

Sowing peas, acclimatising your plants and avoiding box blight: Nigel Colborn's jobs for your garden this week

As the plants expand, you may need to thin some of the rows. That will allow space for individual roots to reach full potential. With radishes, wait until some are just big enough to eat. Then, thin ...
BBC

Invasive caterpillar a threat to box hedge plants

A Jersey environmentalist has warned that an invasive species of caterpillar could mean an end to the box hedge plant in the island. Box tree caterpillars are the larvae of the box tree moth and feed ...