* Disinfect your pruners between plants by dipping them in a solution of nine parts water and one part bleach for 10 seconds. The wet shrubs are at a weakened stage and more susceptible to attack from a fungus. * Stay away from the shrubs when they are wet. * Start by planting boxwoods and pachysandras in a sunny location, never in a shady location. Follow the precautions when working on your boxwoods or pachysandras. Since there is currently no known cure for boxwood blight, a defensive treatment to prevent the blight is the best course of action. The shrub will take on a deformed and disfigured appearance and a once neatly shaped row of boxwoods will look as though they have been through a fire. The remaining leaves on the shrub will turn yellow and plant growth will cease. The branches which the leaves were on will begin to die next. Small brown spot will appear on the leaves and soon thereafter those spotted leaves will fall off the shrub. The disfiguring organism is also called Cylindrocladium pseudonaviculatum or Calonectria pseudonaviculata.īoxwood blight will first manifest itself on the leaves of the evergreen shrub (other evergreens are not in danger from the blight, only boxwoods and pachysandras). This blight that infects both boxwoods and their ground-covering cousins, the pachysandras, is caused by a fungal organism known as Cylindrocladium buxicola. The slow-growing evergreen shrub makes a lovely and long lasting hedge row that is easily maintained, unfortunately it can be wiped out very quickly by a terrible disease called Boxwood Blight. Boxwoods are the go-to shrub for many homeowners that want an attractive living boundary around some part of their property.
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