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"Is this whole "cat pee" thing an issue with certain varieties or sex of boxwood? I have not noticed this problem in my Japanese boxwood."

It is usually associated with English boxwood (buxus sempervirens). It's the leaves, apparently, on older landscape shrubs and not associated with either sex. Japanese box, buxus microphylla isn't known for it.

If you walk around older houses and estates (like over 150 years old) with established box hedges, the smell is immediately noticeable. It can range for knock you down, to very mild.

24-Jul-2006	#14
rockm bonsaiTALK ArchMaster Join Date: Oct-2003 Location: Fairfax, Va Country: USA USDA Zone: 7 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 4,561	"Is this whole "cat pee" thing an issue with certain varieties or sex of boxwood? I have not noticed this problem in my Japanese boxwood." It is usually associated with English boxwood (buxus sempervirens). It's the leaves, apparently, on older landscape shrubs and not associated with either sex. Japanese box, buxus microphylla isn't known for it. If you walk around older houses and estates (like over 150 years old) with established box hedges, the smell is immediately noticeable. It can range for knock you down, to very mild.