Boxwood Death on One Side: Fix Drainage, Amend Soil, Use Cottonseed Meal

Repeated boxwood loss = root zone problem. Roots hate wet or dry extremes.

Replanting Protocol

1. Replace half planting hole soil with ground pine bark.
2. Mix in 1 cup garden lime (boxwoods dislike acid).
3. Water weekly: 1–2 gallons per foot of height.

Feeding

¼-inch cottonseed meal under fresh pine straw each spring. Slow-release, root-safe.

Key

Happy roots = happy boxwood. The 100-year-old ones at Barnsley Gardens prove it.