Planting Japanese Holly as Boxwood Replacement | Our Japanese Garden Escape

This video covers the planting of Japanese hollies and Japanese spindle bushes as a replacement for boxwood. Where we live, boxwood can get affected by the box moth caterpillar, which eats all the leaves. We choose not to use pesticides in our garden, and so have to occasionally remove boxwood and find alternative plants. This video covers these topics in more detail.

Plants mentioned in this video:
Japanese holly – Ilex crenata – evergreen
Japanese spindle bush – Euonymus japonicus – evergreen
Boxwood – Buxus – evergreen
Portuguese laurel – Prunus lusitanica – evergreen

We are in a climate/hardiness zone 6 and all plants above are growing well in our garden.

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