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Lecture at Jenkins: "Boxwood Blight: It is Here! Are Your Boxwoods Safe?"

Valley Forge Chapter of
American Rhododendron Society Lecture at Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens



“Boxwood Blight: It is here! Are your Boxwoods Safe?”



 

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Thursday, April 17, 7:30 pm



 

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Speaker: Chuck Feld



 



Boxwood blight is a fungal disease caused by Cylindrocladium
pseudoaviculatum
(syn. Calonectria pseudonaviculata).



It has been reported throughout Europe since the 1990’s and
is a new disease for the U.S. It arrived in Connecticut in 2011 and is now
reported from Connecticut to the Carolinas. Once infected, a boxwood will
quickly yellow and drop its leaves. There is no treatment or cure and the
infected plants and surrounding leaf litter must be burned and soil sterilized
to prevent reinfection.



 



Chuck Feld teaches horticulture at the Williamson Free
School for Mechanical Trades and has participated in the last 43 Philadelphia
Flower Shows. He was employed by J. Franklin Styer Nurseries for 20 years and
is in the PA Landscape and Nursery Association “Hall of Fame.”



 



For more information and/or directions, visit our website at
www.jenkinsarboretum.org.



 



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