Another aspect that makes Japanese holly a good boxwood substitute is its dense structure of small leaves. This makes the evergreen the perfect plant for topiary and also a low-maintenance hedge ...

The boxwood leafminer can do major damage to boxwood shrubs and can even prove fatal to plants. Find out how to maintain plant health for better box ...

The most common option is the Japanese holly (Ilex crenata), which has small leaves and a tight growth habit that can be trained to mimic boxwood, making it a virtual look-alike.

The caterpillar stage of the box tree moth damages boxwood by devouring leaves. Heavy infestations of the pest can cause complete defoliation of affected plants.

A: The insects you are seeing are adult boxwood leaf miner (Monarthropalpus flavus). These insects are around only for a week or so because individual insects live for only 24 hours. While alive ...

Technically a midge, these small insects feed on the tissue inside of boxwood leaves causing discoloration, raise blister-like bumps, and can even kill a boxwood if the infestation is severe.

And the boxwood leaf miner also is an insect, which is a big deal. I think we ought to emphasize too, though, that the most important thing about a boxwood is it has to look pretty.

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The most common are boxwood leaf miners and boxwood psyllids. The leaf miners are insects that start out flying, then after mating they place their eggs inside the leaves.

This adult insect is a small orange gnat. Its yellow larvae feed on boxwood leaf tissue, between the upper and lower leaf layers.

There are no native pests that specifically defoliate boxwoods in Ohio and only a small number of caterpillars that may occasionally nip boxwood leaves. Defoliation by a caterpillar would point ...

The moth caterpillars can defoliate a boxwood within a single season and eventually kill the shrub. Infestations are identified by yellowing leaves, small green caterpillars with black stripes ...