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Boxwood blight alert on Long Island
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Boxwood Blight has hit North America, and appears to be so bad that public gardens are being asked to refrain from planting any boxwood plants anywhere for the foreseeable future. The disease is believed to be a fungus which doesn't respond to fungicides.
Boxwoods are extremely popular broad-leaved evergreen shrubs that can be found all over Long Island, most commonly as hedges. There are...
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