Is my boxwood dead? Can I help it?
Roxana *** ZN 5 Indianapolis IN ***
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Roxana *** ZN 5 Indianapolis IN ***
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Are these boxwood shrubs dead?
Comments (3)They look dead to me. I don't think the really brown ones will revive, but there a couple plants in your photo that still look green. Do you have any idea what may have caused this? Were they recently planted? When you dig up one of the completely brown ones, you can look at the roots for some clues....See MoreAre these boxwood shrubs dead?
Comments (11)I never could keep a boxwood alive -- they always tend to go crispy brown on me, like the plants in your photos. I don't have enough experience with boxwoods, or shrubs in general, to tell you to dig and toss your plants, though. They may be suffering from something that is easily fixed (or not), but I'd suggest you post your photos and maybe a bit more information about their growing conditions, etc., over in the Garden Clinic (aka Pests & Diseases forum). The folks over there have been most helpful in diagnosing a variety of problems I've had with plants in my garden over the last couple of years. Good Luck ~ Renee...See MoreHelp my Peace Lily? I think it might be dead....
Comments (1)The peace lily is not a lily, it's true name is spathiphyllum. Try posting in houseplants. I have several of them. I do think it was too much water. I "saved" one by taking it out of the pot and letting the rootball dry for a few days. It never did look really good afterward, though....See MoreIs my wisteria dead, can I save it, or do I need to start over?
Comments (1)Winter 2013/2014 was a brutal winter for Asian wisterias! Neither my Japanese or Chinese wisteria 'trees' bloomed last spring and the Chinese one, which usually has a smaller secondary summer bloom, produced only a couple of wimpy summer blooms. This winter has also been hard so I fear there may be no bloom this spring either - although it's to soon to tell yet.... Mine are much younger plants that yours. I've never had any dieback of the woody branches like you are describing - I wonder if that is due to the age more than winter kill...? They are known to be able to live for hundreds of years so I think it's likely to be able to survive a reasonable amount of damage! If the graft union a visible bulge? i.e can you tell for sure that some of the new growth came from below the graft? If so, I'd definitely get rid of the stems arising from below the union. The concrete patio would certainly be a limiting factor in trying to get rid of the vine if it is dead. I'd be inclined to wait to see what is alive or clearly dead this spring. Anything clearly dead I'd cut off as low down as possible. Anything living but of dubious origin in relation to the graft, I'd also remove. If that means the vast majority of it is gone, then I'd remove the rest as best I could - and probably replant with something else entirely - one or more of the vigorous and hardy clematis perhaps. If I still wanted a wisteria, I'd plant one (on a very sturdy upright support) as a free-standing tree. It is much easier to prune and control them when they are kept short in a tree form than it is to climb up on a pergola to prune IMO! I'll keep my fingers crossed for the survival of both our wisterias....:-)...See MoreNHBabs z4b-5a NH
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