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Boxwood Shrub Pests - Tips On Controlling Boxwood Insects

Boxwood Shrub Pests - Tips On Controlling Boxwood Insects

Some insecticides can be used, but control is difficult, as the application needs to be timed with the emergence of the adults. Sprays containing bifenthrin, carbaryl, cyfluthrin, or malathion can all be used to treat these insects on boxwood bushes.

  1. How do I get rid of boxwood mites?
  2. What do you spray boxwoods with?
  3. Do boxwood shrubs attract bugs?
  4. How do you treat boxwood leafminer?

How do I get rid of boxwood mites?

Using a fast stream of water from the hose, wash mites from the boxwood foliage. If this approach isn't working, you can spray the foliage in summer with horticultural oil. As a last resort, treat the boxwood spider mites with abamectin (Avid), bifenthrin (Talstar), malathion, or oxythioquinox (Morestan) in early May.

What do you spray boxwoods with?

To help prevent and minimize winter burn on your boxwoods and evergreens this winter, Platt Hill Nursery recommends spraying your boxwood with a product called 'Wilt Stop'. This natural pine oil emulsion will provide a protective coating for the boxwood leaves which prevents drying out and wind or winter burn.

Do boxwood shrubs attract bugs?

Often as congregating bugs accumulate outside homes, they crawl over whatever landscaping plants are present. Since often boxwood is used as a foundation planting near homes, bugs could become associated with the bushes, but the bushes are not attracting the bugs.

How do you treat boxwood leafminer?

Insecticide sprays containing bifenthrin (Ortho Bug-B-Gon), carbaryl (Sevin), cyfluthrin (Bayer Advanced Yard and Garden Spray) or malathion are among the recommend materials that can be applied to control the adult flies.

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