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Pics of my struggling small Boxwoods

Roxana *** ZN 5 Indianapolis IN ***

3 years ago

Last fall I found a ton of these at Lowes, so I decided to frame a path by the front of my house to make a hedge, since I took all of their inventory... I went to Home Depot to purchase the same variety for another spot in my garden to frame some roses. The ones from HD are doing beautiful, but the ones from Lowes are really struggling... I am not convinced its Bligh, and some are worse that others but I am just SO frustated at this point, this is not the first time I buy something from Lowes only to have it dead the next spring.. if they all die, I will dig (all 20+) of them and bring them for my $ back... Yes, I will be that person.

I am just going to wait for them to grow a bit more to see what they do.

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3 years ago
Doesn’t look like there is much room for boxwoods to grow. What is the long term plan. I have had an issue in front of my porch and had
To dig up many plants when they got overgrown and covered my porch. Needless to say I wasted lots of money on plants. Finally I broke down and ordered 7 faux boxwoods and planted them. They are made by National Tree and are so life like even my neighbor who is a master gardener didn’t know until I pointed it out.
3 years ago
The long term plant is for a small hedge, to frame this path that goes around the corner of my house.
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3 years ago
We’ve had a brutal winter. Are these in a more exposed area where the freezer could damage them more than the other group you planted? Were they sufficiently watered both when you planted and for the right times after planting? I know it’s annoying, not only because of the expense, but also the time and labor involved. Why don’t you give the little guys a chance and pamper them as we head into spring? Hopefully the weather will be better.
3 years ago
I have a few that look just like this in spots. They are very healthy and well-established. I took a small branch and photos to the extension office. We had a late freeze with ice and they said it was damage from that. Blight would have dark/black streaks on the limbs also. I was told to just give it a little time and it would recover.
3 years ago
The stems are not black, they look healthy it’s just the leaves, that’s why I think it’s not blight. they are actually more protected from the wind than the other group, house in one side and bushes in the other, with a house wall, we did have a quite warming time in early Feb followed by a really cold end of Feb, so Im hoping that that weather and their size and being so new to this spot maybe is the problem. I’m definitely going to pamper them as much to give them a hand.

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