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Boxwood Blight Potential #423219

Asked August 24, 2017, 3:09 PM EDT

Good Afternoon, we have detected a suspicious boxwood located at one of our DC residence showing similar signs to boxwood blight. Is there someone that could walk us through the proper procedure for send in a sample. Please let me know as soon as possible so we may get this resolved. Thank you Benjamin Pitman Procurement Manager Wheat's Landscape 8620 Park Street Vienna, VA 22180 www.wheats.com 703.641.4790 (office) 571.237.4201 (cell) 571.297.1462 (direct line)

Virginia Beach County Virginia

Expert Response

You can bring your sample to this address:

12011 Government Center Parkway
Suite 1050
Fairfax, VA 22035-1111

Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday

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Here also is a link to the publication on Boxwood Blight. The second link is a list of several other useful links for commercial nurseries and landscapers.

https://pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/PPWS/PPWS-4/Boxwood_Blight_pdf.pdf

https://ext.vt.edu/agriculture/commercial-horticulture/boxwood-blight.html

An Ask Extension Expert Replied August 29, 2017, 10:38 AM EDT

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