Sacha wrote in message
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Yesterday we went to Buckland Abbey and the box hedges there are all
slowly
dying and look absolutely dreadful. It is a great shame because real
effort
has been put into making the sort of herb garden the long-ago monks would
have had and last time we went it looked lovely. What we wondered and
don't
know, is whether new, healthy box can be re-planted in the same areas. We
imagine not but does anyone happen to know?
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
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Hi Sacha,

The problem is almost certainly Box Blight. I don't know heaps about it;
it's a relative new disease. It certainly devastates box plants, and I very
much doubt that one can replant on the same site.

Spider