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Buxus drying out
johan75
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Hi,
Last year I bought a buxus ball for our front garden which was nice and green over the summer but it has started drying out at the bottom, see image. I don't think it's due to lack of water and in fact the top of the shrub looks very healthy with berries developing. Has anyone got any tips?
Many thanks,
Johan
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Do you have a visiting,male cat Johan? They spray - unfortunately for those of us who like our gardens
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It is possible, more likely is a fox. Would animal urine really do this do a shrub? I never knew...
Unfortunately yes. If you can create a screen round it for a while, that may deter the visitor and give the plant time to recover. If it's in a pot, you could move it which also might help.
The other possibility is wind or sun damage, but going by the pic, that looks less likely as it seems to go round the plant, or severe waterlogging. What's the soil like where it is?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Buxus, with berries developing?!
H-C.
How tall is it? Unless I'm looking at it wrongly, that looks a long way up for a tom cat to spray
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Could it be Gaylussacia brachycera - the box huckleberry?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
This is what the plant looks like up-close, I thought it was a buxus but maybe not...
The plant is over a meter tall and animals would not be able to spray that high..
Last edited: 13 November 2016 16:21:39
Interesting, the leaves right at the front look like box. When I looked at the OP I thought that's not box.
Are the balls ever grafted onto anything else?
In the sticks near Peterborough
Ligustrum delavayi or similar.
H-C
Spelling! Ligustrum delavayanum. Apologies. Looks to me as though it got dry at one point. In mid spring, a haircut and a good feed should sort it out
H-C