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At my previous and this house I planted buxus sempervirens, common or garden box hedge plants. In both cases they were next to the driveway and both suffered from browning. In the first case red ants had formed a nest under the bits that were brown so I cut the bits off and dealt with the ants. The problem seemed to resolve itself. The second house it has happened a couple of times. Again there are red ants nesting and again it has resolved. Because of the two variables I don't know if it was ants or blight but they got better and survived. Both hedges have taken forever to grow but they were/are both in very dry areas. My hedge now is 14 years old. Privet might be a better option but that's just a guess.
Constable_Savage
@wildwest
Any body got any knowledge or hints on how best to deal with box blight?
Planted some next to an ugly fence nearly 2 years ago and they are struggling to establish and form a nice hedge as planned.
Generally some are ok other are going brown and yellow.. is this a fungus or insect attack?