Box tree caterpillar.

Yes we had to dig up all our box last year just as they were maturing into nice shapes. I think we put them in the garden bin.
I have bought some yew plants to see what I can make of them.
Don’t waste your time on box.

Our neighbours have them, they seem to be prolific this year.
I'm not sure what they are doing to get rid of them.

When I moved from East Anglia to the south coast I asked DD if she’d ‘babysit’ my box balls that were in pots because my furniture had to go into storage for four months. I was relieved there was no box blight in the area but didn’t realise I was plonking the poor things in a box caterpillar hot spot! I lost the lot! 😢😢

I have now inherited a garden with some well established euonymus topiary so I will avoid box from now on.

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It may grow back again next year. If you do decide to remove it any caterpillars will die with nothing to eat, so safe for the garden bin, contents of which get incinerated anyway.

We have several box bushes and at the moment have box moth which my DH sprays against. He uses a product called Solabiol (this is in France) but the active ingredient is Bacilus thuringiensis. It works well and our boxes are thriving although he has just sprayed for the second time this year.

Box blight is another matter and far more destructive.

A dear friend of mine whose garden makes me think of paradise has lost two box 'balls' in the last year and a half. She hung on hoping that they would burst into leaf but they haven't. She has sprayed the resulting twig balls with bright colour!

Vintagenonna

A dear friend of mine whose garden makes me think of paradise has lost two box 'balls' in the last year and a half. She hung on hoping that they would burst into leaf but they haven't. She has sprayed the resulting twig balls with bright colour!

I cut one of my cones back to the base which killed it, but couldn't get it out of the pot without smashing it, so decorated it with these balls, which were a birthday present. Like your friend's bright paint the result is a maintenance free substitute!

Lost all ours last year.
I had a beautiful very large round Box I had been tending for years. Tried to save with potions and clipping but died.
Same with the Box as the edge of the boarder. All of these several years old. Gutted.

We gave up trying to keep box moth under control. You might spray, treat, physically remove caterpillars but do all of your neighbours do the same? If they don't you are probably wasting your time. We are now growing Ilex Crenata. So far they are looking good.

I think mine are dead. They look it anyway. I will replace in the Autumn. I’m thinking of getting dwarf evergreen rhododendrons that tolerate alkaline soil from Millais, the company who discovered them. They have beautiful flowers in the spring.