Boxwood problem - Ask Extension
My boxwoods looked great 2 weeks ago. Now they have brown leaves on the tops.
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Boxwood problem #870833
Asked May 30, 2024, 5:30 PM EDT
My boxwoods looked great 2 weeks ago. Now they have brown leaves on the tops.
Hennepin County Minnesota
Expert Response
It looks like winter burn. Perhaps the dead material is above the snow line? Perhaps the unaffected one near the porch got covered with shoveled snow off the porch? Wait a few weeks, then prune out any dead tissue. Protect boxwoods from winter burn in the future by wrapping in burlap in December. Read here:
https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/winter-burn/
https://yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu/how-to/managing-winter-injury-boxwood
https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/winter-burn/
https://yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu/how-to/managing-winter-injury-boxwood
Thank you so much!
Faith Dohmen
