Two popular varieties, American or “common” boxwood (Buxus sempervirens ... may be hosts. Boxwood blight only recently arrived in California, where it has appeared in San Mateo and Santa ...

Both the Buxus sempervirens and the very low-growing ... began a meticulous breeding process of developing blight resistant varieties. After two decades of scientific research and breeding ...

The record rainfall of 2012 caused an all-time high in reports of the fungal disease box blight, which causes bare patches and dieback in the widely used hedging plant Buxus sempervirens.