Boxwood Blight Quiz Boxwood Blight Quiz Take the Quiz! Get a perfect score! Earn the medallion! Questions may have more than one correct answer. Be sure to select all answers that are correct. If you don't get a perfect score, you can take the quiz again until you do! Please provide your email address to receive your digital medallion. Reference: Boxwood Blight Fact Sheet.Email(Required) 1) At this time, boxwood blight is a common problem in the eastern US but has not been detected in Wisconsin.(Required) true false 2) In addition to boxwood, boxwood blight can also affect pachysandra.(Required) true false 3) The boxwood blight pathogen is likely to be introduced to a new geographical location via(Required) infected but asymptomatic boxwood shrubs non-host plants that are carriers of the boxwood blight fungus air-borne spores that are blown over a long distance holiday wreaths 4) Symptoms of boxwood blight can include leaf spotting, defoliation, branch dieback, and shrub death.(Required) true false 5) The boxwood blight fungus survives only a short period of time in infected leaves that have dropped from boxwood shrubs.(Required) true false 6) Debris from infected boxwood shrubs can be safely composted.(Required) true false 7) Boxwood blight resistant boxwood varieties are available.(Required) true false 8) When designing a new garden, you should consider using shrubs other than boxwood.(Required) true false 9) Curative fungicide treatments are available to treat boxwood shrubs suffering from boxwood blight.(Required) true false Δ
