Boxus problem

[cheerypeabrain]

Hlo...I have a few box balls around the garden both front and back, the ones in the back are doing well, but the 3 in the front garden look awful. The leaves are a dark olive green...actually they look like they've been scorched. It got very wet then very hot out front (the box plants are set in holes in a membrane that's covered in gravel)

I've watered them well as the ground's quite hard, fed them and trimmed off a lot of the affected foliage. There's a huge tree in my neighbour's garden but I don't think that it's roots are causing the problem as the lawn's OK.

I've googled box blight, but it doesn't look like those images..the box in the back garden are fine (I HOPE!)

help?
XXX

[4pygmies]

I think it prolly is the heat Cheery (I hope). These constantly changing conditions are quite testing for plants like that but have you checked that they are taking up enough water if the ground's quite hard? If you gently tease the soil a bit to stop it forming a baked pan, they might be getting a bit too dry under the membrane. And the feed will help I'm sure. Your front garden must give off a lot of reflected heat in bright sunshine so they may be cooking a bit in the daytime.....lots and lots of watering in the evening? Those sorts of plants are tough but they take time to respond too. Don't stop looking after them and I'm sure they'll pick up.

[cheerypeabrain]

thanks 4P...I will give them lots of tlc...