A Jersey environmentalist has warned that an invasive species of caterpillar could mean an end to the box hedge plant in the island. Box tree caterpillars are the larvae of the box tree moth and feed ...

Gardeners are having to get hands-on to tackle the spread of an invasive caterpillar that is eating its way through the nation’s box trees and hedges. Box tree moth is a native of East Asia which was ...

Though cobwebs on your grass might be happy signs that pest-controlling house and labyrinth spiders are thriving on your lawn, ecologists at Arbtech.co.uk have warned gardeners to keep an eye out for ...

I have a 15-year-old box hedge (Buxus sempervirens). In the past five years I’ve fertilised it with chicken pellets around the roots each March and also sprayed it with TopBuxus every five weeks from ...