Boxwood blight causes rapid decline of affected plants, cannot effectively be cured with fungicides, and is readily transmitted between plants mechanically (tools, equipment, clothing, etc.), by wind, and by water (rain, overhead irrigation, hand-watering, humidity, etc.). Placing infected boxwoods in proximity to uninfected boxwoods risks transmitting boxwood blight within nurseries or the landscape. Landscapers and homeowners planting and maintaining boxwoods should be familiar with the signs and symptoms of boxwood blight and take measures to reduce the transmission of this disease to and within existing boxwood plantings.
Recommendations for landscapers and homeowners with boxwood plantings
NH Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food
Mailing: PO Box 2042, Concord NH 03302 -2042
Physical: 25 Capitol Street, Second Floor, Concord, NH 03301
(603) 271-3551 | fax: (603) 271-1109