Common Pests
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Information About Common Pests
Box Tree Moth
Are your boxwoods (Buxus) dying back and browning? It is most likely from the Box Tree Moth. These critters are native to East Asia, they can take over an entire hedge of and defoliate the shrub to almost nothing. This link to the USDA has extended resources of ‘What to look for’ ‘How to Prevent this Pest’ and ‘How it is Treated'
LEARN MORE AT USDABoxwood Leafminers
Another non-native boxwood threat, that doesn’t kill boxwoods but does induce stress, like winter, and make it more susceptible to pathogens. Females will lay eggs only in new plant growth with blister-like symptoms. Larvae will feed on the interior, until they wiggle out of the thin epidermal of the leaf into the outside world. OSU entomologist writes the life cycle, boxwoods’ symptoms and management of the pest.
LEARN MORE AT OSUSubstitute Recommendations
Boxwoods have been one of the most popular evergreen shrubs and are taking a hard hit, we are trying to plant for survival by substituting for disease and pest resistance. Diversity can mean for survival for a successful landscape.
Prunus laurocersus
‘Schipkaensis’
Thuja occidentalis
‘Mr. Bowling Ball’
Taxus x media
‘Densiformis’
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