RHS John MacLeod Annual Lecture
EBTS Chairman attends the eight RHS John MacLeod Annual Lecture, this year given by Professor Nicola Spence on pests and diseases.
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It’s that time again
Time to bring in your box moth traps, give them a good clean and store them away ready to be used again next year.
Weekly survey of box at Ham House
EBTS UK has facilitated a trial of two box moth deterrents at Ham House in South West London. Here is a quick look at what happens when doing the survey and in addition this week one of the deterrents was replaced.
Is this how the Chiltern’s will look?
Jinny Blom, landscape designer & author has sent some disturbing images from her recent visit to the Aveyron area of the South of France. The pictures show bushes that last year were healthy and green, but have now been defoliated.
EBTS at Landscape 2018
EBTS UK was well represented at this year’s annual trade show for garden designers and landscape architects, Landscape 2018 held in Battersea Park in London.
ALERT – Second Flight of Moths Started
The second flight of the Box Moth has started – given they start laying eggs just days after they start flying, you need to be on the look out for small caterpillars which will hatch a few days after being laid.
Boxwood Regrowth
Last year Karen in South West London sent us pictures of the damage done to here box hedging around her vegetable patch and also to some large box balls – find out how it’s doing this year.
2nd Wave of Caterpillars Starts
The eggs laid by the box tree moths that have been flying for the last month are now hatching into hungry caterpillars.
Propagating the National Collection
Work continues on improving the health of the buxus plants in the National Collection, including propagating the rarer varieties.
RHS Wisley Plant Society Weekend
EBTS UK is a member of the RHS Plant Society and this year, for the first time in a while, we had a stand at their event at RHS Wisley.