tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post6210337998004549042..comments2024-03-23T16:18:34.397+00:00Comments on Where Five Valleys Meet: Paradise LostRosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-70084857443756952082015-03-11T08:14:55.258+00:002015-03-11T08:14:55.258+00:00We are keeping a close eye on it and will watch de...We are keeping a close eye on it and will watch developments, sadly there is no treatment for it.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-34400776239239212422015-03-11T01:42:39.988+00:002015-03-11T01:42:39.988+00:00It must feel devastating to lose such an integral ...It must feel devastating to lose such an integral part of your garden. I find whenever I fall in LOVE with something and decide to make a good solid row out of it, only then will a problem appear. (It's some kind of law of gardening.)Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01341233630137969987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-59803286011865046502015-03-02T19:29:53.837+00:002015-03-02T19:29:53.837+00:00Thank you Gina for your kind words. I am resigned ...Thank you Gina for your kind words. I am resigned to the demise of the Boxwood now, we shall have to see how it all develops. Hopefully other plants growing in the vicinity will migrate and fill up any gaps - it will certainly be less work for H without having to do all of the clipping each year.<br />Sorry to learn about the loss of some of your trees down the long Alée too.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-63278572682026925272015-03-02T15:08:38.657+00:002015-03-02T15:08:38.657+00:00Dear Rosemary, This is very sad news. Your beauti...Dear Rosemary, This is very sad news. Your beautifully designed garden, your garden that has been, for you and all of us, such a pleasure to watch throughout the seasons! So much dedication and so much hard work! All lost. How devastating. <br /> <br />I do know how you feel, Our 800 foot long Alée to our house has been hit with a disease. We have lost more than a third of our trees. It was a glorious path to our house, photographed by passerby's and painted by many artists. <br /><br />Friends of ours, in the northwestern part of France, have also been hit by this boxwood disease. The beauty of their formal garden also relied on the structure of boxwood design. Of course, knowing this, does not make it any easier for you. I am so very sorry. ox, Gina Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429484235583035595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-31776584571888535962015-02-28T00:21:20.471+00:002015-02-28T00:21:20.471+00:00The garden will certainly take on a different appe...The garden will certainly take on a different appearance Perpetua, but we will not be replicating the clipped box with another plant - it took 16 years to get to this stage, so we would be unlikely to see it mature.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-13773289605729595132015-02-27T10:44:36.740+00:002015-02-27T10:44:36.740+00:00Oh, Rosemary, what a devastating blow for you afte...Oh, Rosemary, what a devastating blow for you after all the hard work and care you've put into creating and maintaining your glorious garden. I'm so sorry. I do hope that cutting the box back will do the trick and when it grows back the fungus will have died out. I'm glad you took so many photos in last year's lovely summer. Thank you for sharing them with us.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-73871174577932679042015-02-24T18:25:42.225+00:002015-02-24T18:25:42.225+00:00Sorry to learn that you have been having difficult...Sorry to learn that you have been having difficult things going on - however, we shall all still be here if and when you do decide to return. <br />I can understand your garden problem, but I hadn't considered the fact that the clay becomes dry and cracked in the summer months. Perhaps you could make a garden with gravel and pretty coloured paving stones then have your pots sitting on the gravel filled with plants.<br />Take care Marian - you are missed.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-75405365861763033982015-02-24T17:21:36.632+00:002015-02-24T17:21:36.632+00:00Hey Rosemary, so much has been boing on, not the m...Hey Rosemary, so much has been boing on, not the most happy things, so I haven't had the energy to blog or even follow blogs, but it really felt good to have a look in blogcountry again last monday. Who knows, maybe I will blog again soon, we'll see.<br />The problem with our garden is, it's so very wet most of the time but during summer it's hard as a stone, with cracks in the soil, so very dry. It's difficult to find plants that can have that. Every summer I used to water the whole garden every day but that's become too much work really; We've tried to improve the soil but without success. The claysoil always wins the battle. The only option I think would be to remove the soil, dig very deep and then bring good soil in the place but that is something we really can't afford. But there are worse things than a difficult garden, so we'll live with it.<br />Marianflowersandhomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02262453899981838266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-26195363517125502932015-02-23T14:47:00.606+00:002015-02-23T14:47:00.606+00:00It is so lovely to hear from you Marian, I have be...It is so lovely to hear from you Marian, I have been wondering if all was well with you.<br />There will be no more buxus plants for me in the garden Marian, we will bide our time with the plants we have and see what happens. It is quite frightening the amount of plants and trees that are suffering from diseases and blights these days.<br />If your garden is so boggy, perhaps you could consider filling it with bog plants that are happy to have their feet wet so much of the time. Our garden is the complete opposite. Because we life high up on oolithic limestone as soon as it rains the water drains straight down the hills and the limestone soaks it up like a sponge. <br />Hope that you will come back blogging soon Marian♡Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-351271722674676802015-02-23T10:51:17.696+00:002015-02-23T10:51:17.696+00:00Ow Rosemary this is so terrible. Your garden is go...Ow Rosemary this is so terrible. Your garden is gorgeous!!! I used to have several buxus in containers but two years ago, something just happended to them and they weren't doing well and eventually we had to get rid of them all. I haven't bought other ones yet. The ones we had to destroy were all from cuttings I grew years ago and had become large buxus. Of course a buxus in a pot isn't the same as in your beautiful garden where it gives structure. But on a positive note, the blooms that are popping up are so pretty. Isn't it wonderful to see signs of spring everywhere? Our garden btw has been under water all winter again, and still is, so not much popping up and don't think the hydrangeas, that weren't looking that well last year, will have survived. The very last bulbs in there will probably have rotten now as well, so we discussed it and because I'm the only one interested in a garden but my husband really detests doing any garden work, we will just get rid of everything and the garden won't be much of a garden anymore. my husband hopes grass will grow where there was a border now that I have been struggling in to have anything survive for sixteen years without success, only disappointment and a very bad back to live with now, also why I'm not able anymore to do all the garden work by myself. Some Narcissus in a container are showing though, so ending on a positive note ;) Really hope there will be a solution for your gorgeous garden.<br />Lots of love,<br />Marianflowersandhomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02262453899981838266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-36617098849156913222015-02-22T22:27:29.401+00:002015-02-22T22:27:29.401+00:00In the interim we are fearful as to how it is goin...In the interim we are fearful as to how it is going to look, but hopefully in time the garden will readjust itself.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-73357924962163407832015-02-22T22:25:14.577+00:002015-02-22T22:25:14.577+00:00I would love the fungus to have come nowhere near ...I would love the fungus to have come nowhere near us, but sadly it has.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-30274769884730942342015-02-22T22:23:24.268+00:002015-02-22T22:23:24.268+00:00It was fortuitous that I took a lot of photos last...It was fortuitous that I took a lot of photos last year, at least we shall still have those. We are going to play it by ear and not remove everything until we see how it goes. I have read that someone who cut theirs right down found that it did in fact grow back again. That is what we shall do with ours, it would be too much for us to dig it all out.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-90507034940755298562015-02-22T22:19:40.320+00:002015-02-22T22:19:40.320+00:00She will be well informed and know all about the b...She will be well informed and know all about the blight because she is on the Boxwood Society committee. The problem is that there is absolutely no protection you can give yourself or in fact anything at all that you can do about it.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-71666545528203741442015-02-22T22:16:06.828+00:002015-02-22T22:16:06.828+00:00Our natural world is certainly under stress and on...Our natural world is certainly under stress and one does wonder what will happen in the future if these diseases and blights continue.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-34334823041715150912015-02-22T21:48:20.277+00:002015-02-22T21:48:20.277+00:00A lovely paradise Rosemary....
Love,
TittiA lovely paradise Rosemary....<br />Love,<br />TittiHWIT BLOGGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06851355663006106726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-29178810396652046802015-02-22T20:33:43.800+00:002015-02-22T20:33:43.800+00:00oh dear, there always seems to be something under ...oh dear, there always seems to be something under threat in our gardens and countryside.<br />xxxLynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03548006686821838698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-46070467532680278022015-02-22T20:18:13.921+00:002015-02-22T20:18:13.921+00:00I was so sad to read about your box it looks so lo...I was so sad to read about your box it looks so lovely in your pictures and it must have given you so much pleasure over the years nurturing it and making it look so good. It will be a hard and long job to remove. We have a topiary nursery close by it will be devastating for them if they too are affected. Sarah xDown by the seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06148800326418238027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-9366805019202444932015-02-22T18:30:21.212+00:002015-02-22T18:30:21.212+00:00As for your neighbour - perhaps you should mention...As for your neighbour - perhaps you should mention it although she probably already knows. But if not then perhaps she would have ideas about what to do. She will certainly have heard OF it and thought about it.Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-84682599984832709932015-02-22T18:27:57.867+00:002015-02-22T18:27:57.867+00:00Rosemary - this is heartbreaking. I cannot be as ...Rosemary - this is heartbreaking. I cannot be as heartbroken as you. It makes me SO angry that the lack of regulation and care in the recent past has caused and continues to cause so much devastation. Ash, elm horse chestnut we know about. I had no idea box was also involved. I know someone who farms bananas in the tropics who is also very anxious about the blight affecting bananas. In Florida we saw acres of oranges being grubbed up because of a virus that attacks the roots. <br /><br />Truly mankind is idiotic. Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-89770096928644975682015-02-22T12:44:50.445+00:002015-02-22T12:44:50.445+00:00Somehow we will manage to resolve it Dani - thank ...Somehow we will manage to resolve it Dani - thank you for your kind visit.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-38497082208392915312015-02-22T11:15:05.187+00:002015-02-22T11:15:05.187+00:00I can only admire your strength to deal with a hug...I can only admire your strength to deal with a huge problem in your gorgeous garden. I am so sorry, Rosemary ...Dani P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14480088629814543163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-16015651759595654152015-02-22T08:07:04.045+00:002015-02-22T08:07:04.045+00:00Dear Yoko - These photos were taken last year befo...Dear Yoko - These photos were taken last year before the blight hit us. I should have taken a photo of the blight then you would have noticed it straightaway. The leaves turn dark brown and then dropped leaving bare stems. I will photograph it at some stage in the future but it is a bit disheartening to see at the moment.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-65497815670839239102015-02-22T08:02:09.603+00:002015-02-22T08:02:09.603+00:00Dear Kirk - it is lovely to hear from you again.
I...Dear Kirk - it is lovely to hear from you again.<br />I have read all kinds of tales about what you can and can't do when you have blight, we shall just have to wait and see what happens. I have read that if you cut it right down to ground level it can regrow again, but having taken nearly 20 years for it to reach this stage, I doubt if we have another 20 years left in us!!!Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-82983897161546754942015-02-22T07:58:48.898+00:002015-02-22T07:58:48.898+00:00Thank you for your kind comment JanThank you for your kind comment JanRosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.com