Speaker: Pat Reilly, Horticulture Outreach Specialist, Saunders Genetics LLC and NewGen Boxwood

Landscapers, garden center staff, growers, and homeowners alike encounter issues with boxwood. Attention to boxwood selection and care is critical for the health and beauty of the plant AND for your success as you sell, plant, and maintain them. This talk will focus on ways to get to the truth from client descriptions, presented within a framework of the common pests, diseases, and abiotic causes of damage to boxwood. Learn how to differentiate among boxwood issues, suggest customized solutions, and provide the public with reasons to keep hard-working, versatile boxwood in the landscape.